Steamed Milk with Pistachio Nuts and Almonds

Steamed Milk with Pistachio Nuts and Almonds (Pista-Baadam Paal)

Ingredients

8 cups whole milk
1/4 cup raw pistachio nuts
1/4 cup blanched almonds
4 teaspoons sugar

Instructions

1. In a large, wide-rimmed saucepan or Dutch oven, bring the milk to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly to prevent scorching. Continue cooking the milk down, for 30 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally and scraping the sides of the pan to release the collected milk solids, until it is reduced to 4 cups.

2. In a food processor, pulse the pistachio nuts and almonds until they are the texture of coarsely ground black peppercorns.

3. Stir the nuts and sugar into the reduced milk.

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