Badam Burfi / Almond Burfi / Almond Sweet

Today is weekend and got some free time. Checked my pantry and found Almonds. Prepared Badam Burfi /Almond sweet in a simple and easy method.



 

Ingredients:

 

Whole Almonds – 2 cups

Milk –  1 cup

Sugar – 1.5 cup

Ghee/Clarified Butter – 2 Tbsp

Cardamom  powder -1 pinch (optional)

Method:

 

• Soak the almonds in hot water for about 45 minutes.
• Peel the almonds skin. (this is optional, you can also keep the skin on if you want to, but it changes color of sweet.)
• In a food processor/blender blend the almonds into a fine thick paste by adding enough milk.
• Heat the ghee/clarified butter in a heavy bottomed frying pan on medium heat.
• As the ghee melts, add the almond paste and cook for 2 minutes stirring continuously.
• Now add sugar and cook on medium heat. As sugar melts, the mixture turns into thin mixture. Continue stirring until the mixture thickens and leaves sides of the pan as shown in the below pictures.

 

• Add cardamom powder. Remove the frying pan from the heat.
• Pour it into a prepared greased plate.
• Smoothen the surface of the mixture to about a quarter inch thick as shown into below picture. 

• Let it cool for about 20 minutes until the mixture becomes warm.
• Now cut into 1inch squares or any shape you like. I made round balls and pressed gently to get the shape in the main picture.
• Cool it to the room temperature and store burfi in an airtight container.
• Badam burfi/ Almond Burfi / Almond Sweet can be stored at room temparature for up to one week.