After my cool post,now its time to sip something hot!!Its been raining continuously for about three days now and the electricity does a disappearing act every now and then.Roads are filled with water and people are struggling to commute.I feel its the perfect time to enjoy some deep-fried goodies with a steaming cup of coffee sitting by the window side;-).Since I don't have any such luxuries(having deep fried goodies,I mean),I prefer to have a steaming cuppa..of home made badam milk!!I had seen a recipe of this in a magazine and was looking forward to making this so much.My regular stock of Nandini badam milk powder was over too.Soaked some badam overnight and set about making it.I remember seeing it in Indira's blog,so checked that for making sure I was doing it the right way.I was in for a big surprise with the end product.It tasted nothing like the store-bought badam milk.It tasted purely of badam and I was not sure I liked it that much.I went ahead and added some cardamom powder and saffron strands to it.Now it started tasting somewhat like the badam milk which I was so used to!!
Hubby liked it plain while I preferred the milk-cardamom-saffron added version.Pure badam milk is an acquired taste I guess!!
Recipe Marathon - Day 27
Homemade Badam milkIngredients
Badam/Almonds -a handful,soaked overnight or for at least a few hours and blanched
Water - 2 cups
Sugar - to taste
Optional ingredients
Milk - 1 cup
Saffron strands - a few
Crushed cardamom - 1
Method
Grind the blanched badam to a very smooth paste adding enough water.
Sieve through a muslin cloth and extract milk.
Grind the residue once again adding enough water and extract the milk.
Add sugar to taste.
Pure badam milk is ready to be served!!
What I did - I added a few saffron strands and one crushed cardamom to the milk and microwaved the milk for a minute.It can be served hot or cold!!
Have you seen what my marathon buddies have been cooking today? 1) DK
2) Siri
3) Srivalli
4) Ranji
5)PJ
6)Curry Leaf
7)Medha
8)Priya
9)Bhawna
10)Raaji
11)Ruchii
12)Anu
13)Kamala
14)Roopa
15)Rekha
16)Divya M
17)Lakshmi
18)Raaga
19)Lakshmi Venkatesh
20)Sripriya
21)Viji
22)Kamalika
23)Pavani
24)Karuna
25)Roochi
I love chilled badam milk .. I & my hubby have it almost everyday before going to bed .. pic looks lovely
ReplyDeletethis is a new kind of badam milk.. sounds delicious..
ReplyDeleteyummy,hot or cold plain or with saffron,this is good.
ReplyDeleteOh i love a cold badam milk with a thiksani bajja :)..that was one combo we always had in tirupathi from one of the side stalls....Love it..never had a hot badam milk though :)..good one .
ReplyDeleteHi divya..i just saw ur mail....i used the green variety..the one we call chingan kelle :)..use slightly overipe ones...i hope u like it!!!
ReplyDeleteBadam milk looks delicious..would love to have them rite now..
ReplyDeleteThat looks too good :) I love badam milk too :) Yours has a different color than the yellow one I drank in bangalore, I love the richness of the badam milk:) cant wait to make it when i have the right ingredients. Good job divya:)
ReplyDeleteDivya send me a glass of badam milk...looks inviting....really pic makes me droll....
ReplyDeleteI love this when its cold nice and simple recipe to make it
ReplyDeleteI can't drink hot milk... but I love badam milk... and that's a LOT of saffron in your mug :-)
ReplyDeletecool badam drink!!!love them
ReplyDeleteBadam milk is my favourite milk! Hot before bed, and cold as a cool drink in the Summer!
ReplyDeleteI love your recipe, and I thought I should share with you an all natural way to make quick badam milk mix at home, instead of buying the flavoured kinds from the shop. You can see it on my blog here:http://riceandspicy.blogspot.com/2011/04/badam-milk.html