easy badam halwa recipe | badam ka halwa | almond halwa recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 30 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 2 Servings
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- ½ cup almonds / badam
- hot water to soak
- ¼ cup milk
- 1½ tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 tbsp saffron milk
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder / elachi powder
- few dry fruits (chopped)
Method
- firstly soak ½ cup almonds in enough hot water for 30 minutes.
- further, peel the skin of badam and transfer to the blender.
- also add in ¼ cup milk. alternatively use almond milk or water if you are vegan.
- blend to smooth paste.
- transfer the badam paste into the large kadai.
- add in a tbsp of ghee.
- and saute for a minute on low to medium flame.
- furthermore, add in ¼ cup sugar and saute continuously.
- stir continuously till the sugar dissolve completely.
- now add 2 tbsp saffron milk and stir. to prepare saffron milk, soak few threads of saffron in 2 tbsp of warm milk for 10 minutes.
- keeping the flame on low-medium, stir till the mixture thickens.
- now add half tbsp of ghee and stir.
- stir till the mixture separates the pan and ghee oozes out from sides.
- furthermore, add in ¼ tsp cardamom powder and mix well.
- finally, serve badam halwa hot or chilled garnished with few chopped nuts.
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.