Milk drink with almonds, flavored with saffron and cardamom

Soak almonds in hot water for 15 minutes and peel the skin and grind the almonds to a paste adding half a cup of water. Bring the milk to a boil in a heavy bottomed vessel and add the sugar and almond paste and then on low heat keep stirring once in while till the milk is reduced to 3/4 th of its quantity. Ensure that you stir so that it doesn't burn. Add the cardamom powder and stir well. Turn off the heat. Soak saffron strands in some warm milk and stir it well and add it to milk drink.