Kaaju Caramel Milk

Preparation time: 15 mins


Ingredients:

• Caramel - 4sp
• Kaaju/Cashews - 3sp
• Sugar - 1 and 1/2 sp
• Milk - 500 ml

To Garnish:

• Fresh cream/Malai - 1sp
• Honey - 1sp
• Cashew caramel powder - 1/2 sp
• Golden balls - 5-6

Method:

• In a thick bottom pan, add cashews and dry roast until light brown.
• To prepare powder, in a jar, add caramel, dry roasted cashews and prepare fine powder, you can store the powder in dry air tight container.
• Heat 500 ml of milk in a sauce pan, when it begins to boil add 1 to 1and 1/2 sp sugar and allow to dissolve.Add 3-4 sp of kaaju caramel powder and continue to boil for another 2 mins. Turnoff the flame. Transfer the milk into serving glass.
• Again during winter you can serve hot or you can chill and serve during summer.
• When you transfer milk in a serving glass, garnish with a spoon for fresh cream, honey, and sprinkle caramel cashew powder and golden balls over milk and serve hot or chilled as per your choice. Its a great treat to have chilled caramelized kaaju milk during summer if you are in love with the caramel taste.

If you have powder ready you can prepare caramel milk in 15 mins. It takes 15 to 20 mins to prepare caramel. To prepare caramel you need to heat sugar and soon after 8 to 10 mins you will see that it turned into liquid, continue to boil, you can see big bubbles disappear. Usually forming for right caramel is identified with its smell. Its a state, a moment next to it will result in a overcooked or burnt smell so need to be very attentive while preparing caramel. Also it will be very hot and care should be taken to see that its not get in contact with skin,  keep cold water handy so that in case if it falls on skin you can immediately wash with cold water.Caramel itself is very nice and tasty.