Badam halwa/Almond halwa
Badam halwa is a rich traditional Indian dessert made with almonds, sugar and ghee.
Servings 2 people
Ingredients
- ½ cup badam(almonds)
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ - ⅓ cup ghee(clarified butter)
- a big pinch of saffron
- a big pinch of cardamom powder
- a pinch of turmeric powder
- ½ cup milk
- 1½ cups water
- a pinch of salt
Instructions
- Keep the ingredients ready. Heat up the water to a rolling boil. Add the almonds, let it boil for a minute, and turn off the flame.
- Keep aside for half an hour. Then, drain the water, and peel the almonds.
- Next, grind this to a coarse paste in a mixer with milk.
- Heat up a tbsp of ghee in a pan. Add the ground paste and saute for a minute till the raw smell disappears.
- Add the saffron and the turmeric powder and keep stirring for a minute or two.
- Next, add the sugar and a pinch of salt and keep stirring. Add ghee at intervals.
- Turn it off when it stops bubbling leaves the sides of the pan and starts oozing out ghee. Transfer to a ghee-coated container and garnish with chopped almonds. It will thicken as it cools.
