BADAM KHEER is one of the easiest and nutritious among the payasam or  kheer varieties.  It serves good for all occassions.

Ingredients


Badam – 1/2 cup
Milk-4 cups (preferably whole milk)
Sugar- 200 gms (to taste)
Cardamon powder – 1/2 tsp
Saffron – 1 pinch (soak in hot milk at least 20 minutes before mixing to the kheer )

Procedure


-Soak badam overnight or in hot water for atleast 2 hours and remove the skin, grind it into a smooth paste.

-Take the whole milk in a non-stick pan or a thick bottom pan.  Bring it to boil and simmer the stove until the milk reduces to 3/4 of its quantity.

-Now add the sugar and allow it to dissolve and let this mixture boil for 5 minutes.

- Again add the smooth ground badam paste and allow it to cook for 5 to 6 minutes (badam gets cooked very fast)

-It should not become thick.  Now add the cardamom powder and the saffron soaked  in the milk.  Garnish it with fried cashews,  pistachio and strands of saffrons.

Serve it hot or  cold. It is always better to garnish the kheer before serving.