Badam Halwa Recipe

Ingredients Almonds(Badam) - 1 full cupGhee - 4 tbspSugar - 1 1/2 cupsSaffron - A few strands(optional)Water or Milk Preparation Method1)Soak the badam in milk or water for 4 hours.
2)Peel the badam.
3)Grind the badam into a fine paste, adding just enough milk.
4)Heat a kadai or a thick bottomed vessel.
5)Add the badam paste and the sugar.
:- The sugar will dilute the paste and make it runny.
6)Keep stirring for 10 mins on a low-medium flame.
7)Add a tbsp of ghee at a time and keep stirring, until ghee is absorbed.
8)After 8 mins or until the ghee is fully absorbed, switch off the flame.
9)Transfer the contents to a container and mark the shapes.
10)Place a single strand of saffron on each of the cut shapes.
:- You can user edible silver wrapper on the halwa instead of saffron.:- To get yellow color, add the saffron(soaked in milk) to the halwa, while cooking it.:- You can also add cardamom for additional flavour.:- Care should be taken to keep on a low-medium flame so as to avoid burning.