Badam Halwa

Badam halwa is a delicious desert made with puréed almonds, butter/ ghee (clarified butter), sugar and saffronBadam halwa is a sweet made from almonds , garnished with nuts and adding a little color to look good and attractive.

Badam halwa is a sweet made from almonds , garnished with nuts and adding a little color to look good and attractive.
Ingredients

• 3 cup Almonds(Badam)
• 2 + 2 tbsp Ghee
• 1/2 cup Milk
• 2 number Saffron
• 3 cup Sugar
• as required Yellow food color

 Method

• 1. Soak almond/badam for 2-3 hours (suitable if soaked overnight) & peel off the skin before preparing this dish or boil them for 30 mins incase of last minute preparation. 2.Put the peeled almonds in a blender and add milk to it .It should be enough to cover them . 3.Blend it into a coarse paste .Avoid thin texture of paste due to excess of milk. 4. Heat the pan & add 2 tbsp ghee to it .As ghee melts add badam mixture & give a quick stir. 5. Add sugar keeping in mind 1:1 ratio of almond : sugar (more sugar can be added as per taste) Alternative Tip:- dilute the sugar by making sugar syrup & then adding it to the badam mixture. 6.Constantly stir the mixture as it can stick & burn from bottom. 7. Add Saffron & constantly stir as it boils from bottom.(Food color is optional if required) 8. Add additional tbsp of ghee while its boiling.Constant stirring is a must till ghee starts oozing out. 9. Once halwa separates out ghee its time to put it in a container & is ready to be served. 10. Garnish it with grated almonds/badam