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    Home » Sides » Spice Mix

    Homemade Kesar Badam Mix | Homemade Almond Saffron Mix

    Published: Jun 20, 2013 · by Nisha

    Mild and delicately flavoured almonds, makes a healthy and taste enhancing addition to both sweet and savoury dishes. They impart a earthy and nutty (Silly me. Of course, its a nut!) flavour to the dishes. I am a great fan of nuts and I try to find excuses to use them often in my cooking, peanuts and almonds topping the list. This badam kesar mix is very simple and comes handy most of the time. Whenever you want to satiate your sweet tooth, this will be your go-to thing if you have this mix in your pantry. All you have to do is mix this with milk and enjoy it chilled or warm. 
    Almonds, Saffron, Badam, Keasr
    Almonds, Badam, Kesar, Safffron
    Kesar, Saffron, Badam, AlmondsKesar Badam Mix | Almond Saffron Mix

    Almond Saffron Mix - To enhance the flavour.

    Prep time: 10 mins | Cook time: NIL | Total time: 10 Mins | Yieldss: ¾ Cup

    Ingredients

    • ½ Cup Almonds
    • 2 tsp Cardamom powder
    • 1 teaspoon Crushed Saffron strands
    Instructions

    1. Blanch the almonds and remove the skin. Allow them to dry and then toast them until they turn golden brown. 
    2. Grind them almost fine along with the other ingredients and store in an air tight container. 

    Notes

    1. This can be used to flavour milk, custard, payasam and  ice cream. 
    2. Instead of cardamom powder, you can crush cardamom pods and along with the skin mix them with the ground almond-saffron powder. When you use the Mix in other recipes, take out the skin before you add it. Also you can adjust the cardamom flavour as you want it. 
    3. One thing to keep in mind while grinding is do not grind it for more than 30 sec at a time. Try to use pulse option. If you keep on grinding, almonds will release their oil and it will become a paste instead of powder. 

    This is off to the third day of the blogging marathon 29, week 3 under the theme "Spice Mix". Check out the recipes of other blog marathon runners over here. 

    View other "Spice Mix" recipes

    • Rasam Powder | Rasam Podi
    • Milagai Podi - side dish for Idli & Dosa
    • Pulikachal | Puliyodharai | Tamarind Rice
    • Murungai Keerai Recipes (Moringa)

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    Comments

    1. Usha says

      June 25, 2013 at 2:38 am

      Nice mix to have handy at home. I might just eat the mix as it is.. 🙂

      Reply
    2. Chef Mireille says

      June 23, 2013 at 9:46 pm

      with boiled milk must be so nice on a cold winter night

      Reply
    3. Kalyani says

      June 21, 2013 at 7:06 am

      I just posted one for the prev BM I think - tempting pics, Nisha 🙂

      Kalyani
      Sizzling Tastebuds
      Event : Healthy Me Healthy Us
      Hosting Kids Delight – Party Food event

      Reply
    4. Pavani N says

      June 20, 2013 at 11:38 pm

      What a healthy & delicious mix to add for milk. Much cheaper to make it at home.

      Reply
    5. Pavani N says

      June 20, 2013 at 11:38 pm

      What a healthy & delicious mix to add for milk. Much cheaper to make it at home.

      Reply
    6. Kitchen Queen says

      June 20, 2013 at 7:55 pm

      lovely flavor going on. appreciate if u stop by at my space too.

      Reply
    7. Priya Suresh says

      June 20, 2013 at 6:34 pm

      Can send u parcel me a bottle of this homemade mix, love it to the core.

      Reply
    8. Manju says

      June 20, 2013 at 2:20 pm

      Good one dear planned to try this for long time your making me to try soon.

      Reply
    9. Srivalli says

      June 20, 2013 at 7:39 am

      This must make such healthy drinks..good to have such handy right..

      Reply
    10. Rafeeda AR says

      June 20, 2013 at 6:23 am

      that's a good one... love this flavor anytime...

      Reply

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