Peel 2 beetroots & chop them into small pieces. This will be easier for grinding. Keep the other ingredients ready.
Soak Almonds for 1 hour in warm water & peel the skin.
Roast all the Almonds & Cashews for a minute and set aside.
Grind the Beetroot pieces to a fine paste in a blender. Add water only if needed. Add the beetroot paste to a hot pan & cook until the raw smell goes. Iron Kadai works best for this recipe. You can also make in normal ones.
After 15 mins most of the water is evaporated.
Now add the Jaggery. You can also make jaggery syrup and filter it for impurities.
Let the Jaggery dissolve completely.
There will not be any water left out. At this stage, you can make Beetroot Burfi or Beetroot Ladoo. For Beetroot Health Mix powder, cook for more time. It takes about 35 mins from the start to end.
Grind the nuts & Green cardamom(remove the skin and add the seeds) together in pulse mode. Make sure you leave frequent intervals otherwise it may turn into nut butter.
Add the roasted nuts powder. Keep stirring, until it forms a huge mass. The jaggery will crystalline & change into powder form.
Once the mixture turns dry, switch off the flame. Keep mixing under the fan to cool it down. Otherwise, it will be a huge mass once cooled down.
In 2 mins, it hardens & resembles the texture of rock salt.
Break it with a fork & grind it to a powder with the help of a blender.
Add 2 tsp Beetroot Malt to 200 ml Milk. You will see a beautiful colour like Rose Milk. Add preferred sweetener only if needed.
No colour or additives or preservatives were added to this recipe. Enjoy this light pink treat. It tastes similar to Badam Milk.
Notes:
Use equal amount of Beetroot & Jaggery. I have used less jaggery so that I can sweeten the recipe later based on individual preference.
I got appoximately 2 cups of Beetroot Health Mix Powder. 1 cup - 240ml.
You can make Beetroot Ladoos or set it to Burfi once the beetroot mixture starts to thicken.
Beetroot Powder stays good for 2 months in an air tight container.
When you dry under fan, if you have not reached the right consistency, then you won't get a powder form. It will still be a paste. In that case, cook it again for 2 to 5 mins. Then try mixing it again under fan.