Badam Milk is a creamy and delicious drink made by simmering milk with almond paste, sugar and flavored with saffron, cardamom. Badam Milk is a great choice and alternate to the packed health drinks or carbonated drinks. Badam Milk can be relished hot or chilled and very healthy too! Learn to make Badam Milk perfectly with the help of step by step pictures and video.
Badam Milk is a nutritious drink that can be consumed by all. Badam Milk can be had cold or hot as per your preference. I love it chilled, you can even pour this in popsicle molds , freeze and serve it as popsicles, tastes so creamy and delicious.
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About Badam Milk
Badam milk, also known as almond milk, is a beverage made with almond paste, sugar, milk, saffron and cardamom. Badam milk is called as Badam Paal in tamil and Badam Doodh in hindi. This is a healthy and nutritious drink.
The process of making badam milk involves first soaking almonds in water then removing the skin, blending almonds along with cardamom to a paste, this paste is added to boiled milk and simmered along with sugar and saffron.
Badam Milk is one of the healthiest ways to include almonds in our diet. I always make Homemade Badam Milk Powder to make Instant Badam Milk but this badam milk recipe is a traditional one which tastes delicious.
Soaking almonds or badams makes it easy to peel the skin. Badam or Almonds are rich in Vitamin E so including them in daily diet is good. You can even soak 2-3 almonds in water overnight then next day strain water, peel the skin and you can consume it. I love saffron and cardamom flavor the best when paired up with badam so I recommend adding it. You can even check instant badam milk powder that I had posted earlier.
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Badam Kheer is often misunderstood as Badam Milk as both of them are different in texture and taste. Badam Kheer is thicker & creamier than Badam milk. To make it simple Badam Milk is a milder version of Badam Kheer.
Badam Milk Ingredients
- Badam – Choose fresh almonds. Soaking almonds in hot water makes it easy to peel the skin.
- Milk – Use full fat milk for best creamy badam milk.
- Saffron, Cardamom – Use good quality saffron. Saffron adds flavor & beautiful color to the kheer. Kashmiri saffron is one of the best in the world and available in lots in India. Cardamom is also added for flavor.
- Sugar – I added regular white sugar for this recipe. You can replace it with cane sugar or brown sugar too.
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How to make Badam Milk Step by Step
1.Soak 20 almonds in hot water for 10 minutes.
2.Peel off the skin from them. Just press and it easily comes off. Repeat to finish.
3.Now skin peeled and ready. Set aside.
4.Add 2 cups of milk to a sauce pan and boil it until it comes to a rolling boil.
6.Give a quick mix.
7.Simmer for 2 minutes.
8.Reserve 1/4 cup milk for grinding almond to a paste.
9.To a mixer jar add deskinned almonds along with reserved 1/4 cup milk and 2 small cardamom(remove skin and add it).
10.Grind it to a fine paste. If you like bits of badam while drinking then grind it slightly coarse.
11.It should be a smooth fine paste. Set aside.
12.Now around 10-12 strands of saffron to boiling milk.
13.Add 2 tablespoon sugar. Adjust according to your preference.
14.Give a quick mix and simmer for 2 minutes until the flavor of saffron infuses in the milk well.
15.Now add badam paste.
16.Scrape and add completely.
17.Mix and let it boil for a minute then switch off. There is no need to let it boil vigorously.
Hot badam milk ready to serve. Enjoy the cup of badam milk hot or cold as per your liking. You can serve it with chopped almonds too.
Expert Tips
- Use only fresh milk.
- While grinding almonds do not add raw milk as there are chances it might curdle when added to boiling milk.
- Grind almonds with milk until smooth without any lumps. You can even add sugar along with almonds, milk while grinding.
- Make sure to simmer for few mins once saffron is added for the milk to absorb the flavours well.
- Also do not boil for more time after milk badam paste is added.
- If you wish to skip cardamom then add just saffron.
- You can even add 2 drops of rose essence or almond essence instead of cardamom powder.
- You can add chopped almonds for garnish.
Storage & Serving
Badam Milk should be consumed fresh. But incase if you want to store the left overs then refrigerate it. It keeps well in room temperature for about a day and for 2 days in fridge.
Serve with chopped or silvered almonds as garnish or garnish with saffron and serve. You can serve Badam Milk either hot or cold.
FAQS
1.What is the difference between Badam Kheer & Badam Milk?
Badam Kheer is more rich and thick with more badam in it. Badam Milk is a milder version and is smooth and creamy, it is more of badam flavoured milk. Badam Kheer therefore takes slightly more time to cook than Badam Milk & has more badam when compared to the Badam Milk.
2.Is Badam Milk good for health?
Almonds or Badams are rich in Vitamin E so consuming Badam Milk has good health benefits.
3.Can I drink badam milk daily?
Yes Badam Milk is safe to be consumed daily unless you have certain allergy to nuts or specifically almonds.
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Badam Milk Recipe | Badam Doodh | Badam Paal
Ingredients
- 20 badam (almonds)
- 2 cups milk
- 2 tablespoon sugar
- 10-12 strands saffron
- 2 cardamom
Instructions
- Soak 20 almonds in hot water for 10 minutes.
- Peel off the skin from them. Just press and it easily comes off. Repeat to finish.
- Now skin peeled and ready. Set aside.
- Add 2 cups of milk to a sauce pan and boil it until it comes to a rolling boil.
- Give a quick mix.
- Simmer for 2 minutes.
- Reserve 1/4 cup milk for grinding almond to a paste.
- To a mixer jar add deskinned almonds along with reserved 1/4 cup milk and 2 small cardamom(remove skin and add it).
- Grind it to a fine paste. If you like bits of badam while drinking then grind it slightly coarse.
- It should be a smooth fine paste. Set aside.
- Now around 10-12 strands of saffron to boiling milk.
- Add 2 tablespoon sugar. Adjust according to your preference.
- Give a quick mix and simmer for 2 minutes until the flavor of saffron infuses in the milk well.
- Now add badam paste.
- Scrape and add completely.
- Mix and let it boil for a minute then switch off. There is no need to let it boil vigorously.
- Hot badam milk ready to serve. Enjoy the cup of badam milk hot or cold as per your liking. You can serve it with chopped almonds too.
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Notes
- Use only fresh milk.
- While grinding almonds do not add raw milk as there are chances it might curdle when added to boiling milk.
- Grind almonds with milk until smooth without any lumps. You can even add sugar along with almonds, milk while grinding.
- Make sure to simmer for few mins once saffron is added for the milk to absorb the flavors well.
- Also do not boil for more time after milk badam paste is added.
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