Badam Halwa / Almonds sweet

Halwa or Halva refers to many types of dense, sweet confections, served across the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Malta and the Jewish world.

Badam Halwa

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Almonds 
• 2-1/2 Cups Sugar 
• 3 Cup Water 
• 2 Cups Ghee 
• 1 Pinch Saffron 

Method

• Soak almonds in a bowl with boiling water.
• Remove the skin of almonds and make fine paste by grinding them in a grinder.
• Boil sugar with one cup of water in a pan, till it turns into syrup.
• Add almond paste to the boiling syrup and mix it well.
• Dilute saffron in a little water and add to the syrup.
• Instantly mix one-cup ghee.
• As the above mixture turns paste-like, pour the remaining ghee gradually.
• A batter like mixture will be formed after sometime. Now remove it from the flame.
• Badam Halwa is ready to serve.