Masala Milk is a very popular milk drink served at weddings and special occasions all over India.It is a milk drink made from full fat dairy milk which is boiled and reduced and than enchriched with spices nuts and saffron. It can be served hot or cold. I have given this traditional drink a twist by making it with almond milk.
Almond Masala milk
Beautiful araomatic Indian spices fused in sweet almond milk with royal nuts and saffron
Ingredients:
- 1 cup raw almonds
- 3 cups water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 10 raw almonds
- 10 raw cashew nuts
- 10 raw pistachio nuts
- 1 teaspoon cardamon powder
- few strands saffron
Method:
1.Soak the almonds in 1 cup water for 2 hours 2.Add the soaked almonds and two cups of water to the Optimum 9400 and blend the almonds until you get smooth almond milk.3.Line a large jug with a muslin cloth and pour the almond milk into it to strain the milk. Squeeze out the milk and discard the almond residue.4.Pour the almond milk into a bottle and keep it in the fridge and use as required 5.Coarsely grind the nuts in the Optimum 9400 and keep them aside 6.Pour the almond milk into pan and heat it up to slow simmer 7.Add a few strands of saffron, the ground nuts, cardamom powder and the sugar and mix together 8.Pour the hot almond masala milk into serving glasses and serve hot
Details
Prep time:10 mins Cooking Time:5 minutes Soaking Time:2 hours Total time:2.15 hours Yield: 6 servings
I made my Almond milk in the The Optimum 9400 blender which was sent to me by Froothie to try out, you can see the original review here.
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This sounds really interesting and can see it would make a nice alternative to those everyday hot drinks.
ReplyDeleteI so need to try and make this! If i only had that blender...
ReplyDeleteOh this looks delicious. My drink of choice is Chai, so I will have to give this a go.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I love chai too and this does sound like something not dissimilar. Something to definitely try!
DeleteI have just emailed this to myself because it sounds right up my street x
ReplyDeleteThat sounds absolutely delicious, and something I will be having a go at!
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty photos and such an exotic sounding drink, I'd love to try it.
ReplyDeleteooh this sounds nice, i'd certainly like to try it.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a delicious combination of ingredients for a drink.
ReplyDeletemm this sounds like it would be amazingly tasty! It looks so pretty too!
ReplyDeleteOoh this looks lovely - I didn't even think about making an almond milk from scratch but would definitely give it a go now!
ReplyDeletenot sure I would be brave enough to try this...
ReplyDeleteEverything about this drink sounds gorgeous- and the pictures are even more delectable!
ReplyDeleteOooo how interesting, I have never heard of anything like this before, I think my eldest would like this very much, thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteIt looks like it is lovely and creamy. I don't like nuts but my husband would love this.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds really interesting - love the combo of flavours. Have pinned it to my World Foods board over on Pinterest x
ReplyDeleteI love almonds and can imagine that is delicious!
ReplyDeleteI really like the sound of this, I wonder if I could swap the spice for cinnamon
ReplyDeleteDelicious and healthy.. Love those glasses too :)
ReplyDeleteI love making my own almond milk. It saves me so much money!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely recipe and one I must try I need to be adventurous with my drinks !
ReplyDeleteI've never had almonds before so I wonder what this would taste like. Looks very nice. I couldn't imagine ever spending that amount of money on a blender! I moaned when I was looking at ones that cost £40. haha
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Looks great Nayna & I've pinned it to my Dairy Free board :)
ReplyDeleteJanie x
I' bet the cardamom adds a beautiful flavour to the sweet nuts
ReplyDeleteI love my Froothie blender. I tried almond milk the other day and was not keen on the flavour but I bet adding the cardamom and saffron makes this really nice.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds delicious and warming. I haven't made a nut milk before but would love to try. Is it a hit with kids?
ReplyDeleteI do love the combination of almonds and cardamom.
ReplyDeleteHi Nayna! I won a giveaway you ran in December and heard from you on Twitter on Jan 1st. Since then I have still not received my oxo pop storage container/s. Please could you look into it for me? I'd very much appreciate it, thanks. (You contacted me on Twitter - @RosieRowe) and I've tweeted you twice!
ReplyDeleteIf this taste as good as your chai tea you made for me once I would love a cuppa! Looks fab too, love those little glasses :)
ReplyDeleteThis brings back so many memories. My Mum used to make this a lot.
ReplyDeleteNever tried this before but it sounds delicious
ReplyDeleteThis looks and sounds delicious - I'd never heard of it before!
ReplyDeleteI have not heard of this before but it sounds really delicious.
ReplyDeletethis sounds interesting , something i would be happy to give a try
ReplyDeleteSounds interesting!
ReplyDeleteLovely recipe, I love milk and this is such a typically Indian recipe !
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