Recipe for Halwa Made of Badam

Recipe of a Delicious Sweet Especially for winter

Winter is not always about tearing from beginning to end the non-vegetarian delights or peppery food. In fact, there are no alternatives for some hot sugary dishes in winter. They are appealingly tasty and healthy too. Let us try our hands to prepare such dishes through the recipe specified below.

Halwa Made of Badam

This sweet dish has rich ingredients and you need to take a restricted quantity else it becomes too hot to handle for your stomach. Regularly, people in North Indian cities consume it on regular basis. Consuming it in the morning keeps you warm all through the day. Cooking this dish merely takes 15 -20 minutes but the taste can leave you satisfied for hours.

Ingredients

• Almonds soaked overnight (2 Cups)
• Milk (1 ½ Cups)
• Sugar (16 table spoons)
• Cardamom (Elaichi) powder (1 tea spoon)
• Ghee (12 table spoons)

For Garnishing

Peeled and sliced almonds (8-12 pcs)

Cooking procedure

• Take out the soaked almonds and pour 1-2 cups of boiling water. Leave the mix for 5-8 minutes.
• Take out the water (drain the almonds) and peel the outer skins.
• Add 5 tbsp milk and make a purée viz. smooth paste by grinding the mixture.
• Heat ghee in a non-stick cookware on slow flame and add the purée. Regularly stir the mixture for 15 minutes or till the mixture appears golden-brownish.
• Pour the remaining milk (it should be boiled) in the mix and cook for 5 minutes on slow flame.
• You can now add sugar and the cardamom powder and keep on stirring till the crystals of sugar are completely dissolved.
• Serve it hot with the complete garnishes.