BADAM HALWA

 RICH AND YUMMY INDIAN DESSERT MADE WITH ALMONDS

Preparation time - 20 minutes
Cooking time - 20 minutes
Serves - 8 to 10 persons

INGREDIENTS:

Badam - 1 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Milk - 1/2 cup
Saffron - 10 strands
Cardamom - 1/2 tsp
Ghee - 4 tsp

METHOD:
1. Soak badam/almond for 4 to 5 hours and peel off the skin.
2. In a mixer add badam, saffron, milk and grind to a coarse paste. Add little water if needed.
3. Transfer the badam paste to a thick bottomed tawa and cook well on low flame for 3 to 4 minutes.
4. Badam mixture gets little thick and nice aroma comes out.
5. Add sugar and mix well. The mixture will become watery and starts to splutter, when continuously stirred the mixture starts to become thick.
6. Add ghee little by little and mix well.
7. At one stage, the halwa will start leaving the sides and small bubbles will appear, add cardamom, mix well and switch off the flame.
8. Tasty and yummy Badam Halwa is ready.

See for Badam Katli in this blog

Note:

• Small scoops of Halwa can be rolled in butter paper and served.
• Since we add milk, the preparation should be refrigerated after a day.
• Instead of milk, water can be used to grind badam to paste.