Almond Cream Sweetmeat Recipe

Almond Cream Sweetmeat Recipe
(Barfi Badam)

Almond Cream Sweetmeat Recipe

Ingredients : Makes 16 pieces

4 cups milk

3/4 cup sugar

125 g almonds, blanched and ground

2 tablespoons pistachio nuts, blanch and halved

Pinch of ground cardamom

Method :

Using a large frying pan, boil the milk over high heat, stirring constantly until it thickens. Add sugar and stir for another 10 minutes on low heat. Add the ground almonds and cook stirring until the mixture comes away from the sides of the pan.

Remove from heat, sprinkle the cardamom at the top and mix well. Remove to a greased plate and smoothen the top surface with a buttered spoon. Let it cool slightly and cut into desired shapes. Decorate with halved pistachio nuts. Allow to cool before separating into pieces and serve.