Masala Pal (Milk)

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 cup milk
• 1 tbsp. almonds
• 1 tbs cashew nuts
• 1 tbsp. kharbooj/tarbooj seeds skinned (commercially available)
• (These are skinned dried seeds of watermelon and cantaloupes)
• 1/2 tbsp. khus khus (poppy seeds)
• 1 – clove
• 2 -3 cardamom whole pods
• 5 -6 pepper corns whole.
• 10 strings saffron
• 1 tbs Crushed pista & almond for garnish

Method:

• Grind almond, cashew nuts, karbooj/tarbooj seeds, khus khus, clove, black pepper and cardamom ingredients to a very fine paste. (Not sugar)
• Heat milk and mix the grind paste.
• Mix well and allow it to boil.
• Add sugar. Stir continuously.
• Add saffron and remove from the fire.
• Add crushed pista/almond.
• Serve hot ‘Masala Pal/milk’.