Badam halwa | Badam halwa with almond flour | Indian sweets | Indian mithai | Diwali sweets | One famous and rich sweet prepared during Indian festivals. They are usually prepared by soaking almonds and grinding them to paste. I tried making this with store bought almond flour. The taste was equal and could not find much difference.
- Cuisine: Indian
- Course: Dessert/Sweets
- Prep Time: 10mins
- Cook time: 45mins
- Serves: 4 Persons.
Ingredients:
- Milk- 1 cup
- Almond flour- 2 cups
- Saffron few strings
- Sugar- 2 cups
- Ghee- 1/2 cup
- Almond flakes – few to garnish.
- In a pan add milk. Let milk boil sometime.
- Once milk is warm add the almond flour. Mix them well to avoid lumps.
- Once mixed well add saffron strings. Saffron strings brings natural yellow colour.
- Once the almond flour raw smell subsides add sugar. Keep stirring until sugar melts. Once sugar melts the halwa will turn liquid state.
- Add ghee little by little in between stirring. This helps the halwa to avoid sticking from pan.
- Keep cooking on medium low flame. Also keep stirring. It takes minimum 30mins to thicken.
- Once the bubbles start reducing and halwa does not stick with the pan it is ready. Turn off the flame.
- Once cool down the halwa gets thicker.
- Serve hot.