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Badam Halwa or Sheera (Almond Pudding)

Badam Sheera or Halwa is a rich and tasty Indian dessert prepared with almonds milk, elachi(cardamom) and Kesar(saffron), one of my favorite halwa.

Badam Halwa or Sheera (Almond Pudding

Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Author: Bhavna

Ingredients

  • Clarified butter 1/4 Cup (4 tbs) (Ghee)
  • Almond meal/Almond flour 1 Cup (16 tbs) Don't have? Don't worry, see note below
  • Full fat milk 1/2 Cup or little more (8 tbs)
  • Sugar 1/2 Cup or as preference (8 tbs) or less
  • Food color 3 Drop (as needed) (Optional)
  • Saffron 1 Pinch , ground (Optional)

Instructions

MAKING

  • 1. In a deep heavy bottom pot, heat clarified butter, add almond flour and milk. Stir constantly and cook over low flame until the mixture thickens.
  • 2. Add sugar, stir constantly and cook for another 8-10 minutes or until the butter starts oozing out.
  • 3. Turn off the heat and stir in food color and ground saffron. Let cool.

SERVING

  • 4. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

If you do not have almond meal/flour, you can make at home. Ground whole almond with skin(yes, almond skin is great so you don't need to remove) or if you want without skin, soak almonds overnight, peel next day and make puree(with milk) and use in place of almond meal or flour.

Bhavna

Hello!
Bhavna is a founder/owner/host of her youtube channel Bhavna’s Kitchen & Living with over a million followers. Being a food enthusiast, Bhavna has been creating recipes and blogging about food since 2008. Love for healthy living motivated her to get certified as a “National Nutrition Educator” to educate herself and community around her to eat balanced, nutrient dense food. Her goal is to help people live healthy life through food and not medicines.
Bhavna is a mother of two. Her life is full of activities and love sharing her passion for food, fitness, fashion, gardening, traveling and more on her YouTube channel, Facebook page, Instagram and many other platforms. Bhavna was born and raised in India but reside in the USA at present.

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