Badam halwa is a yummy Indian sweet recipe made with Almonds, sugar and ghee. This is an easy recipe for making Badam halwa using Almond flour.
Sweets and desserts are an integral part of Indian cuisine. Sweets bring joy and excitement to any of the Indian festivals or functions. There is no function held without sweets. From North to South, East to West, we do relish varieties of sweets.
There are deep-fried sweets, burfi sweets, semi-liquid kheers, smooth Halwas and many more. For the complete list of delectable sweet ranges please follow this link below.
Coming to this Badam halwa with Almond flour post, let us see few naturally arising doubts and clarifications.
What is the traditional Badam halwa?
To make it the traditional way, first, soak the whole almonds overnight or blanch(in hot water). Next, peel the skins and grind them with milk and cardamom. Later cook the milk badam paste in a pan by stirring constantly, mix with sugar, saffron and spice with cardamom powder. To ease the step of blanching and peeling, like in many other Almond based dishes we use readymade Blanched Almond flour instead of whole almonds. I used Costco’s Almond flour.
What can I use to make Dairy-free, Vegan Almond flour Halwa?
Use any plant-based ghee(almond ghee would be perfect) in place of ghee and Almond milk in place of cow milk.
Whole milk or reduced milk?
Using full-fat milk is not necessary and according to me, it makes the halwa too dense. 2% reduced-fat milk is what I use and it is perfect. If you are using whole fat milk, I recommend using milk plus water mix.
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Ingredients & Alternatives:
- Almond Flour – Use fine ground Almond flour not an Almond meal.
- Ghee – Clarified butter. Use plant-based butter for a vegan option.
- Almonds – Sliced or slivered for garnishing.
- Milk – Use Almond milk for vegan.
- Saffron – For color
- Sugar – Use brown powdered sugar for a healthier option.
- Cardamom powder – For flavor.
Preparation:
- Measure almond flour and sugar and keep them ready. Use powder sugar for quick results but granular sugar will also give the same result.
- If you are using whole almonds check out the method to make badam halwa in the story given above.
- Chop almonds as slices or use slivered almonds (tiny strips) for garnishing.
- Soak 2 pinches of saffron strands in 2tbsp of warm milk.
Method:
- Heat 3tbsp of ghee in a cooking pan and roast some almond slices for two minutes until crisp. Store some of the almond slices for later garnishing.
- Add a cup of Almond flour and fry in the remaining ghee at low heat. Do frying until the almond flour gets the flavor of ghee for 4 to 5 minutes.
- Pour 1.25 cups of milk and mix well. I prefer using warm milk to avoid lumping. Moreover, I use all 2% reduced-fat milk, but you can use 3/4cup of whole fat milk and 1/2 water mix, which is perfect. Cooking almond flour completely with milk makes it dense and less smooth but it is a personal choice. Vegans can choose almond butter for ghee and almond milk for cow milk.
- Keep stirring constantly to avoid lumping. Mix well and let the flour absorb the milk and get cooked. In around ten minutes, the almond flour and milk paste thicken. Add the saffron milk and 1/2 tsp of cardamom powder, mix well.
- Keep whisking for some time (approx. 20 minutes) until badam halwa comes to a thick paste stage. Be careful at this point as the badam paste tend to stick to the bottom.
- Next, add 3/4 cup of powdered sugar(granulated sugar) and mix well. Sugar will melt and halwa becomes thin again.
- Stir constantly for around until halwa gather up and leave the pan. By this time Almond flour halwa gets a smooth and glazed texture. Add a tsp of ghee for extra smoothness and switch off.
- Transfer the badam halwa to the serving bowl. The best choice is to serve the halwa warm.
Badam halwa using Almond flour | Almond flour sweet
Equipment
- Non-stick pan
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Almond Flour (130g Blanched fine flour)
- 4 tbsp Ghee
- 3 tbsp Almonds (chopped)
- 1.25 cups Milk
- 2 pinches Saffron
- ¾ cup Sugar (100g)
- ½ tsp Cardamom powder
Instructions
Preparation:
- Measure almond flour and sugar and keep them ready. Use powder sugar for quick results but granular sugar will also give the same result.
- If you are using whole almonds check out the method in the story given above.
- Chop almonds as slices or use slivered almonds (tiny strips) for garnishing.
- Soak 2 pinches of saffron strands in 2tbsp of warm milk.
Recipe:
- Heat 3tbsp of ghee in a cooking pan and roast some almond slices for two minutes until crisp. Store some of the almond slices for later garnishing.
- Add a cup of Almond flour and fry in the remaining ghee at low heat.
- Do frying until the almond flour gets the flavor of ghee for 4 to 5 minutes.
- Pour 1.25 cups of milk and mix well. I prefer using warm milk to avoid lumping. Moreover, I use all 2% reduced-fat milk, but you can use 3/4cup of whole fat milk and 1/2 water mix, which is perfect. Cooking almond flour completely with milk makes it dense and less smooth but it is a personal choice. Vegans can choose almond butter for ghee and almond milk for cow milk.
- Keep stirring constantly to avoid lumping. Mix well and let the flour absorb the milk and get cooked. In around ten minutes, the almond flour and milk paste thicken.
- Add the saffron milk and 1/2 tsp of cardamom powder, mix well.
- Keep whisking for some time (approx. 20 minutes) until badam halwa comes to a thick paste stage. Be careful at this point as the badam paste tend to stick to the bottom.
- Next, add 3/4 cup of powdered sugar(granulated sugar) and mix well. Sugar will melt and halwa becomes thin again.
- Stir constantly for around until halwa gather up and leave the pan. By this time Almond flour halwa gets a smooth and glazed texture. Add a tsp of ghee for extra smoothness and switch off.
- Transfer the badam halwa to the serving bowl. The best choice is to serve the halwa warm.
Video
Notes
1) Use fine ground almond flour to make halwa. Almond meal is not suitable for this recipe.
2) Try to use a non-stick pan to avoid burning the bottom of the halwa. If you are using any other pot or pan, keep the heat to lower settings to make it easier.
3) Use almond milk and plant-based butter for the vegan option.
so yummy!! i love it! i ll definitely try it!!