Kesar Badam Milk || Saffron Almond milk || Badam Milk

 Kesar Badam Milk is Indian delicious, energetic and super yummy drink which we can serve hot or cold. I just love to have it cold with extra chopped almonds in it. Saffron added in it makes this drink very aromatic and delectable. This kesar badam milk is good for this winter season.

You can also check this recipe in our youtube channel..

https://youtu.be/znxDeNx-d-g

 Kesar is known as saffron, we have many health benefits of saffron, having saffron milk regularly cures insomnia, it improves digestion, reduces anxiety and acts as good antioxidant. Do check Saffron lassi, surely you will love it.  I am big fan of almonds, I just love to adding almond in my daily routine food like dates & nuts ragi malt, oats & nuts ladoo, Poha badam ladoo, sabudana coconut ladoo using almonds powder, almond mango sandesh, dates & dry fruits barfi,dates & banana smoothie . Having almonds regularly will gives good strength to our bones, it is good for growing kids. It prevents heart diseases and it also prevents hair loss. I also prepare kesar badam mix I will share that recipe soon. 

 Foodie Monday Blog Hop

Taking this utterly delicious kesar badam milk recipe to #FoodieMondayBloghop fb group's #266ExoticSaffron theme . Here every week one member from group in alphabetical order will suggest 2 theme, others will vote. High voted theme will be selected, everyone prepare recipes according to theme. This week theme is suggested by Mayuri di, she is very talented chef I love reading her detailed recipes with lovely presentation. I bookmarked many of her recipes like chilli avocado cake, Ram Ladoo, Methi muthia  and her latest Saffron Tapioca pudding to try soon.

                                 

                                          Kesar Badam Milk 

Preparation time  - 10 minutes

Soak time : 4 hours or overnight

cook Time : 15 to 20 minutes

Serves : 2

Category : Beverages

Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Main ingredients : Almonds, saffron 

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients  

Almonds - 20+5

Milk - 400ml 

Saffron strands - 20 strands +5 strands 

sugar - 3 to 4 tsp(adjust)

green cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Instructions

1) Soak almonds 4 hours or overnight or in hot water till you can peel its skin. Also soak saffron in 2 tsp of hot milk for 30 min.

2)Peel almonds skins, grind it to fine paste by adding some water or milk.

3) Heat 400ml of milk in a pan, boil it on low to medium flames, till it becomes bit thick. 

4) Now add sugar mix everything well and cook till sugar dissolves.

5) Now add saffron which is soaked in milk and elachi/ green cardamom powder and mix well. 

6) Later add prepared almonds paste, mix everything well and cook it in low flames for 7 to 10 min or till milk becomes thick. 

7) Mean while finely chop almonds for garnishing and keep it aside. When milk becomes thick, switch off the flames.

7) Take kesar badam milk in a serving cups/glasses garnish it chopped almonds and saffron.

That's it our Kesar Badam Milk is ready to serve. You can serve hot or cold. If you want to serve it cool, keep this in refrigerator for minimum 2 hours and enjoy your drink. 

Tips

* Use full fat milk to get creamy texture.

*Soaking almonds is must, soak overnight or 4 hours or soak in hot water for 2 hours, so that you can remove almonds skin easily.

* Adjust sugar quantity as per your taste.

* You can also garnish it with pistachios and cashew nuts too.

Hope you liked this healthy and tasty drink,  Also check other healthy beverage from my Youtube Channel  and blog by just clicking the link below pic. 

                                      

                           Butterfly Pea flower herbal tea    

                                           

                               Ginger & lemon green tea(youtube link)

                              

                                Dates & nuts Ragi Malt (video)

                                

                           cold cofee with coffee jelly (youtube link)

                                          Cold coffee with coffee jelly (blog link)

                   

                         sapota milkshake/ chikoo milkshake

                                Dry fruit lassi - 3 varieties

                            Dates and Banana Smoothie

                          Musk melon milk shake

                                        Mango mastani

                                     Mango falooda 

                        Sabja buttermilk

                    Mango lassi 

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Butterfly Pea Flower Tea || Blue Tea || How to prepare herbal blue tea || Sanku pushpam Tea || 4 varieties of Blue Tea

Butterfly Pea Flower Tea || Blue Tea with step by step pics and tips.  This blue tea is caffeine free herbal tea, it is very popular tea in  Asian countries like Thailand,Vietnam, Thailand, India and Malaysia. This butterfly pea flower is also known as Blue pea, Asian Piegonwings, Aparjita, Clitoria, Cordonfan pea. It is also known as sanku puvvu/ pushpam in telugu. Firstly i am not tea or coffee liking person, but i just love herbal tea's like green tea(youtube link), hibiscus tea and this butterfly pea flower tea or blue tea. The beauty of this flower is it changes blue color to purple color when we add lemon to it, isn't it interesting?? Involve your kids to prepare this color changing game tea. I did some experiments too, will share it here check out. "If you want you can remove green stem of flower, as you may feel bitter taste. If you are using dry flower add as it is.  I did not removed green stem as i like its taste, prepare according to your taste." Will share video in youtube soon.

We can use dried or fresh flowers to prepare this tea. Dried butterfly pea flowers are available online too. Luckily i have four colors - white, blue, dark blue with five petals and pink color butterfly pea plants at home. Pink color plant is small, eagerly waiting to see pink flowers 😍. This plant will grow easily in any soil, it is climbing plant and it is seed based. My mom gave these seeds to me, previously i had only white color plant. In my last visit to my mom's place i collected these seeds. If we do not pluck flower then seeds will form. I use some flowers to make small garland with these flower for pooja daily and remaining flowers i prepare tea evening. I & hubby love to have green tea and blue tea in alternate days.

 

           

How this tea taste

 

As it is herbal , butterfly pea tea taste woody and earthy flavor, like green tea not like normal tea. Many of us do not like this taste and flavor but after knowing the health benefits surely you will like to try this drink.

Health benefits of Butterfly Pea Flower 

** It is good for migraine

** Good for skin, it slows the ageing process.

** This butterfly pea flower is good hair conditioner, in Thai this is used to prepare medicine for premature hair grey and hair loss medicine. 

** It is good for brain health

** Improves immunity system

** helps for weight loss 

** Gives relief from stress, anxiety and depression and many more.

What other recipes we can prepare?

**Thailand popular "Nahm Dok Anchan"

**Malaysian - Nasi Kerabu(Malaysian rice recipe)

** Blue lemonade tea

** Blue Tea Latte

** Butterfly pea flower sourdough bread

** Blue jellies 

** Butterfly pea flower cup cakes

** Blue ice creams using Butterfly pea flower many more...

What i experimented, simply- 4 easy varieties of Blue Tea 

When i first prepared this tea, i wondered the way it changing color while boiling it. Do check the below pics you can see 4 different colors of tea. I really love these colors, they are very beautiful and gives good feel to your eyes isn't it?

From left

1) Plain Butterfly pea flower Tea

2) Lemon Butterfly Pea Flower Tea

3) Sugar added Butterfly Pea Flower Tea

4) Brown sugar added Butterfly Pea Flower Tea (check down for recipe)

What other recipes in mind to experiment 

   

I have few recipes in my mind to experiment using this butterfly pea flower 😃😄, okay  okay i will tell you ..

*After trying both Cold coffee with coffee jelly(youtube link) & Chocolate and custard jelly cake. I am thinking to prepare butterfly pea jelly cake and soda based cold drink using sabja seeds in butterfly pea flower juice and many more 😜. 

Foodie Monday Blog Hop

Taking this herbal tea to #FoodieMondayBloghop fb group #263Herbal&Health theme . Here every week one member from group in alphabetical order will suggest 2 theme, others will vote. High voted theme will be selected, everyone prepare recipes according to theme. This week i got chance to suggest the theme, in this herbal tea theme selected by my blogger friends.  Will share all their recipes soon here.

                               

                         Butterfly pea flower tea

Preparation time  - 10 minutes

cook Time : 10 minutes

Serves : 4 glasses

Category : Beverages || Herbal

Recipe Cuisine: Asian

Main ingredients : Butterfly Pea Flower

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients ( for 4 different varieties of tea adjust accorndingly)

* Butterfly pea flowers - 15( this to prepare 4 varieties of tea,                                                  take flowers accordingly)

* water - 4 glasses/cup(measure water in glasses/cups which you                    serve and some more water as it reduce when we boil)

* Honey - 1 tsp

* Lemon - 1 tsp

* Sugar - 1 tsp

* Brown Sugar - 1 tsp

Instructions

1) If you want you can remove green stem of fresh flower before boiling. 

2) Instead of boiling flowers in water, you can soak it in hot water till flowers leave color.

3) Boil 4 glasses/cups of water(measured as per serving glasses).

4) Add fresh butterfly pea flowers and boil it medium to high flames.

5) Boil till flowers leave color

see how flower color changed from blue to white after boiling..

6) Strain 1 glass of blue tea in glass.

That's it our plain Butterfly pea tea is ready to serve. This tea is dark blue in color.

7) Now add 1 tsp of honey in a glass

8) Pour 1 glass of  blue tea in it, mix well and squeeze lemon in it. You can see the color change from dark blue to purple color slowly.

  That's it plain and Lemon flavored butterfly pea flower tea is ready to serve.

  

9) Add 1 tsp of sugar in a glass/cup pour blue tea in it and mix well. Dark color quickly changes to light when sugar melts in blue tea. That's it our sugar added butterfly pea flower tea is ready to serve.

 10) Now add 1 tsp of brown sugar in remaining blue tea. Ready to see the magical color changing from dark blue to dark brown 😊.

   11) When brown sugar melt well, strain it into tea glass/cups                

That's it our sugar and brown sugar butterfly pea flower tea is ready to serve.

Do you think our 4 varieties of herbal Blue Tea is ready? No no wait see one more color change 😀 

12) If you want to experiments like me then try this one, squeeze 1 tsp of lemon juice in brown sugar added butterfly pea flower tea see the magic..

See how dark brown color changed to purple color 😍. That's it our 4 varieties of butterfly pea flower tea is ready to serve. Enjoy this herbal Blue Tea hot or warm and stay healthy.

Tips

** I shared 4 varieties of Blue tea, try as per taste.

** Add water by measuring in the serving tea glasses/cups.

** If you want you can remove green stem of flower, as you may feel bitter taste. I do not feel that much bitter so i did not removed it.

** You can boil flowers in water or soak flowers in hot water,(soak in flask so that it will remain hot)

Hope you enjoyed this magical color changing and healthy herbal blue tea. Also check other healthy beverage from my 

Youtube Channel and blog by just clicking the link below pic. Though I am having this tea regularly, got information about this flower from here.

                               

                               Ginger & lemon green tea(youtube link)

                              

                                Dates & nuts Ragi Malt (video)

                                

                           cold cofee with coffee jelly (youtube link)

                                          Cold coffee with coffee jelly (blog link)

                   

                         sapota milkshake/ chikoo milkshake

                                Dry fruit lassi - 3 varieties

                            Dates and Banana Smoothie

                          Musk melon milk shake

                                        Mango mastani

                                     Mango falooda 

                        Sabja buttermilk

                    Mango lassi 

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Jowar popcorn laddu || జొన్న పేలాల లడ్డు || jolada aralu unde || sorgum popcorn laddu

Jowar popcorn laddu || జొన్న పేలాల లడ్డు || jolada aralu unde || sorgum popcorn laddu with step by step pics and tips. Hai friends how are you all? Hope you are all safe and healthy, stay at home, stay safe to protect yourself, ur family and others.
Today's our recipe is very healthy and tasty laddu prepared using jowar popcorn. We can prepare jowar popcorn easily at home, when i went to my mom's place i purchased 1 pack jowar popcorn to prepare laddu for nagula chavithi festival. In some areas of South India mainly Andhra, Karnataka these jowar popcorn ladoos are prepared for nagula chavithi festival / naga puja. This puja is celebrated on chathurthi (fourth day) after Deepavali amavasya during Karthika masam. We can prepare jowar popcorn easily at home, i will share recipe when i get some jowar. It is difficult to get jowar in my place, my mom pack jowar powder, jowar popcorn and some jowar every time go home 😊.  Mom's are always great in packing, while unpacking only you will know why our bags are that much weight😍😂. Jowar is rich in fibre, boosts immune system, regulates calcium, its gluten free. Jonna rotte / jolada rotti is popular and regularly  can say daily prepared recipe in some areas of Andhra and Karnataka.

Taking this super healthy, regional and tasty jowar popcorn ladoos to Shhhhh Secretly Cooking Challenge fb group started by Priya of Priyas Versatile Recipes and taken further till date by Mayuri di who blogs at Mayuris jikoni. We completed recipes from all states from A to Z, so now admin team and members decided a new interesting way for monthly theme that is - one group member in alphabetical order will suggest theme. Later admin team will pair interested members, then we share 2 secret ingredients among us and prepare recipe using it and all other members will guess it. I got chance to suggest theme for this month and theme i decided is #MilletMagic - any recipes prepared using any millet. Healthy theme isn't it :) . This week i am paired with Sasmita, she is from Odisha, i love all her recipes especially photography they are very mesmerizing, do check her space for fusion, innovative, regional and tasty recipes. She gave jowar popcorn and peanuts as secret ingredients with which i prepared this delicious and festive laddu recipe. Inturn gave her onion and pepper powder, with these she prepared healthy and tasty vegetable ragi soup. I bookmarked her Odia style potala rasa, tandoori momo recipes to try. Eagerly waiting to see recipes shared by blogger friends for my theme. Check out my drawing for theme 😻.

Let's start recipe..


  

                              Jowar Popcorn laddu

Preparation time : 10 min
Cook Time : 30 minutes
Serves : 15 ladoo's
Category : Sweets / Regional
Recipe Cuisine: Andhra, Karnataka
Main ingredient: jowar popcorn
Author : Aruna SarasChandra


   


Ingredients

jowar popcorn - 150 gm 
groundnuts - 1/2 cup
roasted chana dal / putnalu - 1/2 cup
jaggery - 1 cup
elachi powder - 1 tsp
ghee - 2 tsp

Instructions

1) Dry roast peanuts on medium to low flames, when it fry well add roasted chana dal fry for a minute and keep it aside to cool. (** check tips)

2) Now in the same pan dry roast jowar popcorn for a minutes on low flames. If you prepared popcorn freshly then skip this step, use it directly. Take fried popcorn, groundnuts, roasted chana dal in a plate and start preparing jaggery syrup.

3) Soak jaggery in little water and boil till jaggery dissolves in water .

4) In order to remove dust from jaggery strain the above.

5) Now take the above jaggery mixture in a wide pan add few drops of ghee and boil it on low to medium flames. 

6) Boil it by stirring till you get one string consistency. (**check tips)

7) Now add fried popcorn, peanuts, roasted chana dal, elachi powder mix everything well, you can see strings forming on ingredients by jaggery.  

8) Mix the above continuously on low flames, when jaggery strings stops then switch off the flames and let the mixture cool for some time. So that you can mould ladoo, do not leave it long time mixture will become hard. (This is the main step to get perfect shaped ladoo **check tips).

8) grease your hands with ghee, using spoon or any ladle take some mixture and start moulding ladoo. Take care of ur hands, as mixture will be heat, if you let it cool completely then you cannot mould ladoos, then you have to compromise it as jaggery coated popcorn instead of ladoo 😂😉. As i was alone while preparing ladoos i am not able to capture ladoo moulding pic 😁😇. Let the ladoos cool for sometime then store it in airtight container. 

That's it crispy, delicious, healthy and festive jowar popcorn ladoos are ready to serve. Store it in airtight container they will stay crisp for minimum 1 month.

Tips

** You can prepare jowar popcorns freshly.

** You can also add cashew nuts, almonds, raisins to make it more healthy.

** Frying peanuts, roasted chana dal and jowar popcorns will keep ladoos crispy for long time.

** i prefer 1 string consistency to prepare these ladoos as they become hard quickly if wait for thick consistency.

** do not burn jaggery syrup it will spoil ladoo taste, if you feel jaggery syrup burnt then better stop it and prepared syrup freshly.

Hope these tips are useful, also check other ladoo recipes by just clicking link below pic..

                     

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                                                        Besan Ladoo     

                     Poha Badam Ladoo

                              

                     Ragi Peanut ladoo            

       Sabudana Coconut Ladoo

Rava Ladoo

              Puffed Rice/Maramarala Ladoo

                               
                               
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                          Sweet Pongal

                

                             Pineapple Sheera 

Rajasthani Moong Dal Halwa

yellow pumpkin halwa

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