Badam Halwa
Ingredients:
Almonds - 600 gm, soaked for 5 hours, blanched
Full fat milk - 1.2 litres
Ghee - 12 Tablespoons
Sugar - 12 Tablespoons
Cardamom powder - 2 teaspoons
Edible silver foil - 4 sheets
Method for "Badam Halwa"
Put the almonds in a food processor with half of the milk. Grind to a paste adding more milk, in small amounts at a time, until all the milk is used up. Heat the ghee in a heavy pan and add the almond paste. Fry over a low heat until it begins to stick. Add the sugar and stir well. Cook until the ghee separates and the fudge is well blended. Take off the heat and add the cardamom powder. Stir well and pour onto a neat dish. When it is almost cool cut it into fancy shapes and decorate with edible silver foil. |
