Almond Juice

Ingredients

• 120 gm almonds-soaked overnight and peeled
• 8 green cardamoms -crushed, cooked in water and strained
• 1 tsp almond essence
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• 1 tsp kewda essence
• 1/8 tsp potassium meta bi-sulphite(potassium salt of bisulfate anion)

Method

1. Add a little water (enough to facilitate blending) to the almonds and blend to a fine paste.
2. Strain through a fine sieve or muslin cloth and add some more water to the left-over almonds and blend and strain again.
3. Make the liquid up-to 2 cups, by adding water if necessary.
4. Add sugar to the strained almond liquid and dissolve over low heat.
5. When it dissolves, increase the heat and bring to a boil and let the syrup cook.
6. Keep skimming off the scum as it cooks.
7. Cook till a drop of syrup pressed between two fingers, forms a thread (one-thread consistency).
8. Add the cardamom extract and the kewda essence. Strain through a muslin cloth and cool.
9. When cool, mix the potassium in a little of the syrup first and then add to the whole lot.
10. Store in clean airtight bottles.