Badam Halwa | Sweet Recipes
Author: Vindhya Desai
Recipe type: Sweet
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 15 halwa bites
- 75 Gm almonds
- ¾ Cup 150 Gm sugar
- ¾ Cup milk
- 1 big pinch saffron/kesar
- ¼ Cup warm milk
- ¼ Cup ghee
- Measure almonds and put into a bowl
- Soak in boiling water for 30 minutes
- The peels become loose after about 30 minutes
- Meanwhile add a big pinch of saffron/kesar into ¼ Cup warm milk and set aside
- Remove peels from almonds after water cools or turns lukewarm
- Add the skinned almonds into mixer jar
- Add about ¾ Cup milk and grind into a rough textured paste
- Take this into a heavy pan
- Add sugar and mix well
- Bubbles start appearing
- Once bubbles recede (after around 20 mins), add saffron milk and keep mixing till it thickens
- Next add 1 Tbsp ghee at a time
- Let ghee absorb, keep mixing till it thickens
- Again add a tbsp of ghee and keep mixing it well. Repeat till all ghee is added to the halwa
- Finally, turn off heat, keep mixing till it cools to warm
- Make halwa bites and pack in parchment paper. Enjoy!
Halwa can be made to the consistency you like, here I have made it to be packed inside parchment paper
Do not grind the almonds into a fine paste, a textured paste always gives a nice bite
It is not necessary to pack in parchment paper, but store in a cool dark place to retain saffron fragance and it keeps longer
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/badam-halwa/
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