Badam Milk

Badam milk recipe with step by step pics. Badam doodh or badam milk is a sweet beverage drink from the Awadhi cuisine. This is a really delicious drink flavored with ground almonds, cardamom powder and saffron. Badam milk can be had hot or cold. In winter, you can have it hot and in summers you can have it chilled.

Almonds in their raw form with the peels are heaty (garam). when you soak them in the water they become cooling (thanda). So if you plan to make badam milk for a cooling purpose, then soak the almonds overnight or for 7 to 8 hours. Soaking almonds also make them better to digest and increases their nutritive value. Its good to include almonds in the diet as they are rich in vitamin E, protein, essential minerals and are good for the brain and have many health benefits.

In this badam milk recipe I have used a shortcut method of soaking almonds for 30 minutes in hot water. But this method is good if you want the warming nature of the almonds and not cooling. Since it has been raining here too much and it is cold throughout, I have used this method. During summers, I soak almonds overnight.

The ancient Indian wisdom says that in the cold season, have warming food and in hot summers have cooling food. So if you want a cooling almond drink for summers, Then soak the almonds overnight or for 7 to 8 hours. for the badam milk to be warming during the winters, Soak almonds for less time or soak in hot water for 30 minutes.

In this recipe you can skip saffron if you want. Saffron is also heaty and if you plan to have badam milk for cooling the body, then avoid saffron. This badam milk recipe can be easily halved or doubled.

How to make Badam Milk

Soaking, blanching and peeling almonds:

1. Rinse ¼ cup almonds (about 35 almonds) and add them in a bowl.

2. then pour ⅓ cup hot boiling water. Cover and keep aside for 30 to 40 minutes.

3. Then drain all the water.

4. Peel the almonds. You just need to press the skin and it comes out easily.

Grinding almonds

5. Add the peeled almonds in a grinder jar.

6. Next add 4 tablespoons sugar or add as required, seeds from 4 green cardamoms and 1 pinch saffron. Saffron is optional and can be skipped.

7. Add ¼ to ⅓ cup milk. Milk can be chilled or at room temperature.

8. Grind till smooth. The almonds should be ground very well to a smooth consistency. If there are coarse particles or chunks, then it can be irritating to the throat.

Making badam milk

9. Pour the ground almond mixture in a saucepan.

10. Now add the remaining ½ cup milk in the grinder jar. Shake and swirl the grinder jar so that almond paste attached to the sides and bottom of the jar gets mixed with the milk and nothing gets wasted.

11. Add this milk in the saucepan.

12. Lastly add the remaining 1.5 cups milk in the saucepan. Mix well.

13. Keep the pan on a low flame and begin to heat badam milk.

14. Stir at intervals so that the milk does not scorch from the bottom.

15. You just need to heat the milk and there is no need for a vigorous boil. A light boil is also fine. Switch off the flame when the milk becomes hot.

16. Serve badam milk hot or warm. it can be chilled also and then served. If you want you can add a touch of rose water in the milk. Alternatively, you can even garnish badam milk with rose petals. Sliced blanched almonds can also be used as a garnish as well as a few strands of saffron.

Few more beverages for you!

• Ginger tea
• Cold coffee
• Hot chocolate
• Filter coffee
• Hot coffee

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