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
Directions
• 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