Badam Burfi/ Almond Burfi

Sweets are very important  part of any Indian festival and function.  .Baadam or Almond Burfi is a sweet dish and you can munch it any time of the day.

Ingredients:

Whole almonds                      3 cups

Sugar                                    4 cups

Water                                    1 cup

cardamom Powder                 1 tbsp

 Ghee                                    3 tbsp

Method:

• Soak Badam in hot water for five hours. Peel the skin. Clean the Badam in a paper towel.   Grind it to fine meal.

Almond Meal

•  Take sugar in a pan, add water and place over low heat. Stir until sugar dissolves completely.
• Let it cook till one string consistency.(Take a water in a small  bowl, add a drop of sugar syrup in it . When the syrup holds it shape and does not dissolve in the water).
• Now add the Badam meal and cardamom powder.  Lower the stove heat.
• Keep stirring until it leaves the sides of the pan add the ghee and switch off the stove.
• Immediately pour the mixture on a flat, ghee applied tray. Level it evenly with a spatula, and cut into squares. Let cool.

 Separate the squares and store them in an airtight container.

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