Badam kheer recipe

Badam kheer(Almond Kheer)

Ingredients:

1. Almonds: one cup
2. Rice:2 tablespoons full
3. Sugar: as per taste
4. Milk: 1 litre
5. Cardomom powder:1 teaspoon
6. Saffron:2-3 strands
7. Khoya:1 cup

Method:

1. Soak almonds and rice in two different bowls for 3-4 hours.
2. Remove the skin of Almonds and make a fine paste in mixer.
3. Crush the soaked rice into small crystals or you can even grind for few seconds .Do not make powder .
4. Boil milk.
5. Add almonds paste and rice ( add water to rice before adding to boiling milk and add little by little with stirring to avoid formation of lumps).
6. Boil for 8-9 minutes with continuous stirring.
7. Add khoya and stir for a minute.
8. Add sugar, cardomom powder and saffron.
9. Simmer for 4-5 minutes and stir in between.
10. Switch off the flame.
11. Store in refrigerator and serve chilled