Badam Halwa Recipe | Almond Halwa Recipe

Posted on Dec 31st, 2014

by Sowmya Venkatachalam

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Badam halwa, is a popular dessert in Southern Part of India. We can make halwa with carrot, beetroot, pumpkin and many other ingredients. But Badam Halwa is the superior variety of all halwa dishes. Badam halwa is a delicious desert made with puréed almonds, butter/ ghee (clarified butter) and sugar. Badam Halwa is high in nutrition and gives strength to the body, It is also good for pregnant ladies and newly delivered mom. Almond is one of the healthy nut which is very good for all of us.

Badam Halwa Recipe | Almond Halwa Recipe

For this New year, I have made this scrumptious badam halwa to treat my friends and family. New Year is one of the special occasion for all of us. All of us would love to do any sweet dishes on this day as we have a belief that our life should be filled with sweet and happiness throughout the year. So lets celebrate this happy day with Badam halwa (Almond Halwa).

Badam Halwa Recipe | Almond Halwa Recipe

Preparation and Yield:

Preparation time	1-2 hours
Cooking Time	30 mins
Yield	500gms

Badam Halwa Recipe | Almond Halwa Recipe

Ingredients:

Badam / Almonds	2 Cups**
Sugar	2 Cups
Milk	1/2 Cup+1 tablespoon
Saffron Threads	5-6
Ghee	4 tablespoon
Yellow Food Color	a small Pinch

* 1 Cup = 250ml

Badam Halwa Recipe | Almond Halwa Recipe

Method:

Soak the almonds for about 2 hours. We can also boil water and add almonds to it and then close the vessel with a lid and let it sit for half an hour. Then drain the water and peel the almond skin. It is very easy to peel the almond skin, we just need to apply little pressure on the sharp corner and the peel comes out easily. I usually prefer soaking almonds in hot water as it makes our peeling easily and also we don’t need to remember about the soaking process. Then take the peeled almonds in a mixer along with 1/2 cup of milk. We should add milk just to grind the almonds to a thick coarse paste. I have used 1/2 Cup of milk. I have also soaked the saffron threads in 1 tablespoon of warm milk

Grind the almonds to a little coarse paste. If you think you need milk to grind the almonds, then add milk little by little. Heat 2 tablespoon of ghee in a pan.

Add the ground almond paste and saute it in low flame for about 2 minutes. Then add saffron threads soaked in milk and mix well.

To this now add sugar and mix well. Adding sugar makes the mixture diluted. Now add yellow food color and mix well. Keep stirring the almond sugar mixture continuously by adding ghee in regular intervals and cook in low flame to make sure the badam doesn’t get burnt. It will take atleast 30 minutes for the mixture to start oozing out the ghee and also the mixture will start to roll like a ball without sticking to the sides of the pan.

When the mixture starts to roll without sticking to the sides of the pan, remove the pan from flame. Allow the halwa to cool down and then then if you want, we can garnish with chopped badams