5 min Almond fudge with Cardamom and Basundi - thickened milk with saffron and nuts. Basundi or Rabri with almond milk. Indian Vegan Sweets for Diwali. Makes 9 to 10 One inch square

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 5 minutes
  • Total time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 2
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp vegan butter (or use refined coconut oil)
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
  • 2 tbsp smooth almond butter
  • a good pinch of salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground cardamom or other flavors like cinnamon (extracts of choice or none)
  • 1 to 1.5 tbsp cane sugar or fine granulated sugar
  • 1/3 to 1/2 cup fine almond flour (not meal)
  • 2 tsp flour of choice

Method

  1. Heat vegan butter and maple syrup over medium low heat. Once melted, add almond butter and mix for a few seconds. Take off heat and continue to mix to make a smooth mixture.
  2. Cool for a minute. Fold in salt, flavors, sugar and almond flour and mix in. Add more almond flour or regular flour or oat flour if needed until mixture is somewhat a soft dough.
  3. Pat it onto parchment to a 1/4 inch thick square. Sprinkle almond slivers or pistachio slivers and chill for atleast half an hour. Slice and serve.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.