1. Soak 12 almonds in hot water for about an hour along with 2 tsp cashews and 2 tsp unsalted pistachio.
2. Soak 2 very small pinches of saffron in 1/4 cup of warm milk.
3. Blanch the almonds and drain the other nuts. Then grind the almonds along with other nuts in the milk used to soak the saffron until smooth.
4. Heat the balance of the milk (I heated the milk in the microwave), mix the nut + milk + saffron mixture to it and add sugar and 1/4 tsp cardamom seed powder.
5. Mix well and serve hot (in winter I serve this hot and in summer I serve it cold) It tastes delicious in both ways.

Notes:

1. You can serve this beverage cold too, just cool to room temperature and chill in the refrigerator for a few hours and serve cold
2. Blanch the almonds means that after soaking the almonds in hot water, remove the skin.
3. It is pretty easy to do that and once soaked for an hour the skin comes out easily.
4. If you use the stove top to heat the milk, place in a heavy bottomed pan and stir continuously on low heat so that it does not burn.
5. If the milk burns it will ruin the taste of this beverage.

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