Badam Ka harira (Almond Milk)

Ingredients

Almonds – 35 to 40

Milk – 1 litre

Sugar – ½ cup

Poppy seed – ½ tsp

Rice – 3 tbl.sp (optional)

Cinnamon stick – 1

Cloves – 3 to 4

Cardamom powder -1/2 tsp

Method

Soak almond in water for 3 to 4 hours and then peel off the skin.

Soak rice and poppy seed  in water separately for 3 to 4 hours.

Make a paste of almond, rice and poppy side by adding milk.

Heat one tbl.sp of ghee/butter in a pan, add cinnamon and cloves and stir fry till it splutters.

Then add almond paste and more milk and sugar and keep on stirring till rice is cooked.

Add cardamom powder, mix well and remove from fire. Garnish with saffron. 

Serve hot or cold.