Badam Kheer with vermicelli

I am all exited when I saw that my blog has 100 followers. Oh yes today it became 101 too... I was down with fever & cold  for past 3 days & yesterday morning when I realized about it I just couldn't wait making some sweet dish as a sign of celebration.This time I'm paired with Mugdha of Cooking Fundas for Blog hop Wednesdays. When I was going thru her recipes I came across " Badam Kheer ". I felt it was kind of easy considering my situation & went a head making it. It was just awesome & satisfied my sweet tooth a lot. 

Ingredients

1/4 Cup vermicelli 

20 Almonds/badam

2 Cups milk ( Non-Fat) 

1 Tsp ghee/butter

1 Cup sugar

1 Tsp cardamon Powder 

1 Tsp sliced almonds & saffron flower/kumkum puvvu

Blanching  almonds

Take water in a vessel & bring to boil. Now add almonds to the water. Allow them to boil for few mins & switch off heat. 

Filter almonds & allow them to cool. Now peel of the almonds skin & grind them to a smooth paste with little milk. 

Take a wide pan and heat it with ghee. Add vermicelli to it & light fry them ( This will give a unique taste to vermicelli). Once done add milk to the pan & bring it to boil. Cook till vermicelli is done.

Take a little warm milk along with saffron & mix well. 

Now add sugar & almond paste to pan & bring it to boil. Now switch off heat and mix cardamon powder & saffron milk. 

Serve it with almonds sprinkled on it.

Note: 

1. The sweetness is just enough in this dish. If you like a more sweeter version add little more sugar to it. 

2. You can avoid vermicelli from this dish or you can add sabudana in place of vermicelli too. 

This recipe goes to " Blog Hop Wednesdays " & "Diwali special- Sweet & Savories" event hosted by  Radhika of Tickling Palates.