HARIRAH (almond
flavored drink)
Harirah is
an exotic almond and cardamom flavored drink. It is a highly nutritious and
very tasty appetizer. It is an ideal drink for growing kids. It is very simple
to make with very easily available ingredients. So lets proceed with our
recipe.
Cooking time
20 mins
Serves 3
INGREDIENTS
Milk 2 glass
(full fat)
Ghee 1 tsp
Cardamom 2
Sugar Sweeten to taste
Almonds ½ cup
(soaked for 5 hours)
Sweet melon
seeds 1 tblsp soaked for 2-3 hours (kharbuje ke beenj)
Saffron 1
pinch
METHOD
STEP 1: Soak
the almonds for 5- 6 hour. The
longer the almonds soak, the creamier the almond milk. Drain the almonds from their soaking water .Remove its skin. Place the
almonds in the blender then blend continuously for two minute until becomes
a fine paste.
STEP 2: Place the
melon seeds in a blender add ½ cup of water. Blend them for 2 minutes. Pour the
seeds mixture into the strainer.
Press all the seed milk from the melon seed
meal. Squeeze and press with clean hands
to extract as much seed milk as possible.
STEP 3: Heat ghee a sauce pan add crushed
cardamom saute for a min. Then add milk, set it on a low flame for boiling.
STEP 4: When
the milk starts boiling add almond paste, melon seed paste and sugar. Taste the almond milk, and if a
sweeter drink is desired, add sugar to taste. Cook until the raw smell is
gone (it take about 3-4 mins). Now your harirah is ready to serve. Pour it to a
glass garnish it with sugar and saffron strings.
