Category: Home made Drink Mix
Preparation Time: 15 to 30 mins
Cooking Time: About 15 mins
Servings: yields around 4 cups of prepared powder
Almond or Badam Milk is a healthy drink especially for growing kids. In the commercially available mixes, the quantity of almonds is very less and they are loaded with sugar and other preservatives. We can easily prepare the mix at home and can be stored in refrigerator for about 2 to 3 months. While preparing ourselves, we have the control over the quality & quantity of the ingredients and also really healthy. Here I blanched the almonds and removed the skin, since its hard to digest especially by the kids.
Usually people will add saffron in the mix to make the Badam Kesar milk. I usually add little organic turmeric powder since its very good to have it with milk and also it gives a gorgeous colour:)
For preparing Badam / Almond milk, we just need to mix a tbsp of the mix in a warm or cold milk. We can also mix it with milk and bring them to a single boil and serve hot!
We can use this mix to prepare payasam / kheer, sprinkle this over our oatmeal, add them in cookies, pancakes, waffles, muffins, etc.,
Ingredients:
Preparation Time: 15 to 30 mins
Cooking Time: About 15 mins
Servings: yields around 4 cups of prepared powder
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| Home made Badam/Almond Milk Powder |
Almond or Badam Milk is a healthy drink especially for growing kids. In the commercially available mixes, the quantity of almonds is very less and they are loaded with sugar and other preservatives. We can easily prepare the mix at home and can be stored in refrigerator for about 2 to 3 months. While preparing ourselves, we have the control over the quality & quantity of the ingredients and also really healthy. Here I blanched the almonds and removed the skin, since its hard to digest especially by the kids.
Usually people will add saffron in the mix to make the Badam Kesar milk. I usually add little organic turmeric powder since its very good to have it with milk and also it gives a gorgeous colour:)
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| Ready to be stored:) |
For preparing Badam / Almond milk, we just need to mix a tbsp of the mix in a warm or cold milk. We can also mix it with milk and bring them to a single boil and serve hot!
We can use this mix to prepare payasam / kheer, sprinkle this over our oatmeal, add them in cookies, pancakes, waffles, muffins, etc.,
Ingredients:
- Raw Almonds - 2 cups
- Rock sugar (kalkandu) / Palm candy (panang kalkandu) - 3/4 cup (adjust as per requirement)
- Organic turmeric powder - 1 tsp (adjust as per taste)
- Cardamom seeds - 1 tbsp
- Measure out the Almonds and keep it ready, here I used unsalted and unroasted raw almonds
- Add around 3 cups of water in a wide pan and bring it to boil, allow to boil for 2 to 3 mins
- Add the almonds into the boiling water
- Leave them for 3 to 4 mins and switch off the stove
- Rinse them in a running cold water
- Drain them completely
- Spread them out on a paper or kitchen towel
- Almonds' skins became very loose by now, remove the skins and place the almonds on a paper towel to absorb excess moisture
- Allow it to dry for some time
- Once it gets dried, roast them in a heavy bottomed pan for few mins in low flame so that they become completely dry
- Allow them to cool down
- In a blender / mixer, add the blanched & roasted almonds along with rock candy, cardamom seeds and turmeric powder
- During the grinding process, the almonds may release oil, so rock candy or kalkandu needs to be added and both should be ground together. We can also add pure palm candy (panang kalkandu) instead of refined white rock sugar.
- Grind in intervals into a fine powder
- If needed we can sieve it
- Store it in an airtight glass container
- Refrigeration will prolong the storage period
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