Homemade Almond Milk Or Badam Milk | Chiroti Or Balushahi (Indian Style Pastry) With Almond Milk

Homemade almond milk or badam milk, popular, easy Indian sweets or desserts for holiday, diwali, navratri, holi, karwa chauth, eid, christmas, phenori, chiroti, jalebi

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Homemade Almond Milk Or Badam Milk | Chiroti Or Balushahi (Indian Style Pastry) With Almond Milk

Homemade Badam Milk or Almond Milk is a popular and rich, creamy and flavorful Indian recipe where almonds are combined with milk and flavored with saffron (kesar) and cardamom.

You can serve almond milk with phenori or chiroti. It is one of the best desserts or sweets to try this Diwali, Navratri, or holiday season.

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Total Time20

Course: Desserts, Drinks, sweets

Cuisine: Indian, north indian, South Indian

Servings:

Calories: 513kcal

Author: Kushi

Ingredients

3 tablespoon Almonds or Badam (around 18 almonds)
2 cups Whole milk
2 Cardamom seeds
6 strands Saffron
2 to 3 tablespoon Sugar
6 chiroti Chiroti or Phenori (Indian-style pastries)

Instructions

Step 1

Dry roast the almonds or badam on medium flame.
3 tablespoon Almonds
Bring 2 cups of milk to boil in a pan.
2 cups Whole milk
Meanwhile blend roasted almonds (from above), cardamom seeds, saffron threads, and sugar to a fine powder. Depending on the mixer you use you may get a coarse or fine powder. You can add little water or milk while blending if needed to get a smooth paste.
2 Cardamom seeds, 6 strands Saffron, 2 to 3 tablespoon Sugar
Add this to boiling milk and stir well. Simmer for 4 to 5 minutes. Turn off the heat. You can serve this warm or chilled.

Step 2 (Serving almond milk with chiroti or pastry)

In a serving bowl, add one or two chirotis or balushahis, pour hot or cold badam milk as per your liking, garnish it with some nuts and enjoy.
6 chiroti Chiroti
You can also serve this almond or badam milk with jalebi or rasmalai.

Notes

If you have time and love to do it the traditional way from scratch, follow the method below: Almonds are soaked in water for at least 5 hours (Or for a quicker and more efficient way, add almonds in boiling water for 2 minutes). Drain the water. Peel off the skin and roast them in a pan till the almonds are dry and moisture has evaporated completely. Finally, in a blender or mixer, blend it to a fine powder. You can store this almond powder or badam powder in an air tight container for up to months and use as and when required.
Make sure that you grind them in intervals to get fine powder - specially if you are preparing a large batch - as grinding almonds for a long time will release oil and turns them into a paste than powder.
For better results, always use whole milk.
Remember, I have not strained the milk as I love to eat those small pieces of almonds. If you prefer, you may strain the milk before serving it as a drink.
To make it easier and spend time with your family on the day of festival, you can make phenori or chiroti sweet ahead of time - say 2 days before diwali. Prepare almond milk on the day you are going to serve this dessert. Shelf life of phenori or chiroti is 7 days at room temperature in an air tight container. Almond or badam milk remains fresh for up to 2 days when refrigerated. So plan accordingly.
Vary the amount of sugar, cardamom and saffron to taste as desired.

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