Traditionally, Badam Halwa is made from the whole almonds and the whole process is taking a very long time because it involves soaking the almonds, peeling them and then ground them into fine paste. Now, thanks to the readily available almond flour so that you can skip all those steps and make the badam halwa under 30 mins. 
Procedure
You can serve this halwa in a bowl or you can pack a spoonful of halwa in a butter paper and serve it like in marriage function. Store the remaining in the refrigerator.
Almond Flour
In the market, if you're looking for 'grounded almond', you can find almond flour and almond meal. This recipe requires almond flour not the almond meal. Almond flour is basically made from the blanched almonds .So make sure to get the almond flour which has more fine texture compared to almond meal.
Also, in some places, almond meal is made with whole skinned almonds, so the color of the almond meal would be little darker compared to almond flour.
Flavoring Agents
Here in this recipe, i have used both saffron and cardamom for the flavors. I never thought of making Badam Halwa without saffron. But one of my friends told me that she liked it without any flavoring because that's how badam halwa is made by her family for years.
So it's more of a personal choice or how you like it than what recipe calls for, right?. Hence you can use any one of this flavoring agents or you can skip the both . Still it would be delicious.
Milk
Whole or full fat milk is the best for this halwa. For this badam halwa recipe, I have used 1.5 cups of liquid out of which 1 cup is milk. You can make this recipe with 1/2 cup of milk too. But the richness and the creaminess wouldn't be the same.
Adding more milk would increase the cooking time but however it gives the rich flavor so i highly recommend to use the given quantity of milk for better tasting halwa.
Now let's see how to make this delicious and rich badam halwa!
Badam Halwa Using Almond flour
Preparation Time : 0 mins | Cooking Time : 25 mins | Serves : 4
Recipe Category: Sweets | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Recipe Category: Sweets | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
Almond flour/ meal - 1 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Water - 1/2 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Saffron - a few strands
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
Ghee - 1/4 cup
Procedure
First soak the saffron in 2 tbsp of warm milk for 30 mins. Heat a non-stick pan, add the 2 tbsp of ghee, let it melt completely and then add the almond flour.
Keep the heat in medium and roast the almond flour in the ghee for 3-4 mins. Make sure that the almond flour doesn't change color. Next keep the heat low and add the water.
Cook till all the water is absorbed by the almond flour. Next add the remaining milk after using i2 tbsp for soaking saffron and mix it continuously so that it doesn't form any lump and smooth. Now increase the heat to medium.
Cook the mixture till the milk quantity is reduced to 1/2(Make sure that the heat is medium and stir it frequently otherwise the bottom would be burnt). Now add the sugar. When the sugar melts, the mixture again loosen a bit. 
Cook the mixture till it become thick. It would take approximately 18-20 mins after adding the milk to the mixture with medium heat. When the mixture starts to thicken, it splatter a bit, so be careful. At this stage add the saffron milk. Mix it well and the mixture turns pale yellow.
Finally add the remaining ghee and cardamom powder. Cook it for another 3-4 mins and switch off the flame.
Delicious Badam Halwa is ready.
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You can serve this halwa in a bowl or you can pack a spoonful of halwa in a butter paper and serve it like in marriage function. Store the remaining in the refrigerator.
Notes:
- This Halwa tends to thicken when it's cool down completely. So remove from the heat when it's a bit runny.
- Added a few pistachios for garnishing on the top. But this halwa doesn't need any nuts.
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