BADAM HALWA

Ingredients:

• Badam  paste       - 1 cup
•  Sugar                   - 3 cups
•  Water                   - 2. 1/2 cups
•  Ghee                     - 2 cups
•  Milk                     - 1/2 cup
•  Badam Flavour     - 2 tsp
•  Saffron                 - Few Strands
•  Orange food color - Few drops
•  Chironji Nuts         - 2tbsp

Method:

•  Soak badam nuts in 2 cups of hot water for one hour and remove the skin. Now grind the nuts using half cup milk to form a coarse paste.
•  Melt the sugar using half cup water in a thick bottomed saucepan.
•  Now add the badam paste to the sugar mixture and stir continuously on a low flame till the mixture thickens.
•  Keep adding ghee to the mixture while stirring to avoid the mixture from sticking to the pan.
• Now add the food colour and saffron mixed in little milk to the mixture.
•  The mixture will turn slightly glossy with a jam like consistency.
• Remove the saucepan from the flame and now add the Badam Flavor to the mixture.
• Then serve hot or cold.