basundi by manali

Ingredients

1 litre or 4 cups Milk 1/2 cup Sugar 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder 5 chopped Almond (Badam) 1 tblsp chopped pista 10 strands Saffron (kesar)

Instructions

Boil the milk in a heavy bottom kadai.
Now in 1 tblsp of warm milk add the saffron strands. Keep them aside for the flavours to release.
3 Keep stirring the milk constantly and reduce it till it becomes thick and the quantity of the milk is approximately half a litre.
4 Add the sugar, saffron and chopped nuts and cook for another 5 minutes. Stir the mixture occasionally. Remove from the fire.
5 Transfer to a serving bowl and add the cardamom powder. Mix thoroughly.
6 Serve hot or cold garnished with nuts and saffron strands.