Badam Milk Shake (பாதாம் மில்க் ஷேக்)

A very tasty and yummy drink.

Ingredients
Almonds – 1 cup
Water – 3 cups
Milk – ¾ cup + 2 ½ cups + 1 cup
Saffron – A heavy Pinch
Edible Camphor – A Pinch
Cardamom Powder – ¼ tea spoon
Sugar – ½ cup



Method
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F and keep the almonds in water in the oven for 1 hour. Alternatively you can soak the almonds in warm water for 3 to 5 hours. Peel the almond skin and set aside. Soaking or keeping in the oven enables easy peeling.
Heat 2 ½ cups of milk in a microwave for 5 minutes or until it is almost boils. Alternatively bring 2 ½ cups of milk to a boil on the stovetop.
Grind peeled almonds with ¾ cup milk to a smooth paste and set aside.
Add milk to a pan and bring it to a boil and add the almond paste and stir continuously
Cook on medium to medium low heat for 15 minutes until the mixture thickens
Heat a ladle and add saffron to the ladle and heat for 10 seconds. Crush the saffron with mortar on the ladle and add it to the boiling milk almond mixture
Add edible camphor, sugar and cardamom powder to the milk almond mixture
Remove from heat and allow it to cool for at least 30 minutes. This will thicken considerably after cooling
Now add 3 cups of cold milk and mix well and refrigerate
Garnish with charoli, crushed almonds and serve chilled!!!

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