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 add little color to look good and attractive.
- Soak almond/badam for 2-3 hours, peel the skin before preparing this dish or boil them for 30 minutes.
- Put the peeled almonds in a blender and add milk to it. Blend it into a coarse paste.
- Heat the pan add 2 tablespoon of ghee to it. As ghee melts add badam mixture give a quick stir.
- 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. Constantly stir the mixture as it can stick burn from bottom.
- Add Saffron constantly stir as it boils from bottom.(Food color is optional if required)
- Add additional 2 tbsp of ghee while its boiling. Constant stirring is a must till ghee starts oozing out.
- Once halwa separates out of ghee , sprinkle cardamom powder, thenput it in a container to set.
- At last, garnish it with grated almonds/badam.