Preparation Time   – 45 mins

Cooking time   – 20 mins

To serve   – 10-12

Ingredients

1. Nestle milkmaid – 1 tin
2. milk – 1 litre
3. cashew nuts – 50 grams
4. Almonds – 50 grams
5. almond essence – 1/4 tsp

Method

• blanch almonds and remove skin
• soak almonds and cashew nuts in 2 cups of hot milk for 30 mins. grind to a paste along with milk.
• heat the remaining milk to boil. add milkmaid and the ground almond paste and cook for another 5 mins with constant stirring.
• remove from fire and add almond essence.
• serve hot or cold.