Badam Ki Kheer

Ingredients : 1 cup almonds , 1 litre milk , 1\2 teaspoon cardamom seeds , 3\4 cup sugar , few drops of kewra essence , 2-3 silver leaves (varak) optional.

Instructions : 1. Soak almond in plenty of water for several hours or overnight. Skin the almonds and in a blender or food processor grind them to a smooth paste, adding enough milk for smooth paste. 2. Put rest of the milk in a heavy based pan, add cardamom’s seeds and bring to a boil, simmer over low heat until 3\4 liter milk is left. 3. Stirring constantly, add almond paste and cook for 8-10 minutes or until the kheer is thick. 4. Add sugar and stirring constantly dissolve it. Sugar will make the mixture thin, cook uncovered until it is thick and water from sugar has evaporated. 5. Remove from heat, add kewra essence, stir and cover for few minutes. Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with silver leaves.
• Serves: 6 People. • Preparation Time: 15 minutes. • Cooking Time: 60 minutes.

Kheer

Ingredients
2 Ltrs. Milk
-Crushed almonds For garnishing
1 1/2 cups Sugar
1/2 cup Rice
-3-5 Cardamum (Ilaychi)
2 tablespoon Corn Flour
Method
1. Take milk in the boiling pan.
2. Soak rice in water for about 15 minutes.
3. Add rice to the milk.
4. Cook for 15 minutes on low heat, till rice get tender and become one with milk.
5. Take corn flour in another bowl and add 4 tablespoons of milk to it.
6. Prepare a paste and add it to the boiling kheer.
7. Stir well and keep cooking for another minute, till it becomes thicker.
8. Add sugar and cardamums to it and let the mixture boil once.
9. Kheer is ready, dish it out and garnish with crushed almonds.