Dryfruit Milkshake

Last week, I was sitting back and checking my emails and Facebook updates while I hear some noise in the kitchen. Noise as if someone was looking for something...boxes being opened. plastic bag rattling. freezer drawers going in and out. Basically it was my husband looking for something and when I asked him "what are you looking for?" he said, "do we have any dry fruits and nuts at home?"
So I immediately tell him the location. I normally store all dry nuts in the freezer to prevent them from getting rancid.

Next I hear him heat up something in the microwave and that is when I stood up to check what he was up to :) He said, "I am making dryfruit milkshake" I was impressed and I had this broad smile on my face...wow...for a change he was doing everything by himself!!! And I see a bowl full of dryfruits and nuts soaking in a bowl of milk.

So our dessert was a delicious glass of dryfruit milkshake which brought back all the memories from India.

The idea of soaking dryfruits and nuts was great. That made the milkshake more delicious and flavorful!

Ingredients (serves 2 people)

1+3/4 cup milk
2-3 tsp. sugar (or to taste)
2 dried figs/anjeer
5-6 unsalted raw cashews
5-6 unsalted raw pistachios
4-5 unsalted raw almonds

In a bowl, heat half cup milk and soak all dryfruits and nuts in it for 30 minutes.
Add soaked dryfruit and nuts into a smoothie jar with remaining milk and sugar.
Grind them together till it is smooth.
Serve!

Here is step-by-step pictorial recipe:

In a bowl, heat half cup milk and soak all dryfruits and nuts in it for 30 minutes.