- firstly, in a large bowl soak almonds in hot water for 1 hour.
- now slowly peel the skin from badam and keep aside.
- also pat dry the badam making sure there is no moisture present.
- transfer the badam into a small blender and blend to coarse powder. keep aside.
- meanwhile, prepare the sugar syrup by adding ¾ cup sugar and ½ cup water.
- keeping the flame on low, stir continuously
- boil the sugar syrup till it forms one string consistency.
- now add the prepared almond powder, saffron milk and cardamom powder.
- mix continuously keeping flame on low to medium
- continue to mix continuously till the mixture starts to leave the pan.
- transfer the badam dough onto the butter paper.
- and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
- grease your hand with little ghee and knead for a minute.
- once you get smooth dough, roll the dough with a rolling-pin,.
- furthermore, cut the dough into square shape or the shape you wish for.
- you can also decorate with silver leaf , silver vark, and rose petal
- finally, serve badam katli on diwali or any festival.
Badam katli is an Indian sweet made with almonds, sugar & cardamom powder. This delicately flavored almond burfi is delicious & rich with a melt-in-the-mouth texture. It is apt to make this for any festivals or celebrations. Badam katli also make an amazing gift.
badam katli
By Ilamnaz Khatoon
Jan, 22nd
759
Servings
15 persons
Cook Time
1 hr and 15 minutes
Ingredients
5
- 7
Ingredients
- ¾ cup badam / almonds
- 1 cup hot water
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup water
- 2 tbsp saffron milk
- 4 cardamom / elachi (powdered)
- 2tbsp ghee/ clarified butter
Instructions
Notes/Tips
firstly, soak the badam well, or blanch the badam for easy removal of skin. also, make sure to get just 1 string consistency of sugar syrup. else it turns burfi hard and brittle. most noteworthy, use nonstick pan for easy and efficient badam katlis. and entire badam burfi has to be prepared on low flame. finally, instead of butter paper you can also use plastic sheet or greased plate to prepare badam katli.
