Recipe: How to make Badaam Pak

The festive season is around the corner. So what are you cooking today?

The nine nights of Navrati is just a few weeks away. 

To keep up with the festive mood, here is a recipe of Badaam Pak.

Badaam Pak 

(Makes about 25 to 30 pieces)

Ingredients

• 500 gm almonds (blanched, fried and ground)
• 500 gm mava (crumbled)
• 500 gm sugar
• 2 cup rosewater
• 1 1/2 cup pure ghee
• 1 1/2 cup vanaspati (vegetable ghee)
• 1 tbsp powdered cardamom 
• 1 nutmeg (grated)

Method

• Heat rosewater and sugar on low flame, till sugar melts.
• Gradually increase heat and boil the mixture till it thickens to light syrupy consistency.
• Add ghee and cook for two minutes.
• Gradually add mava, stirring constantly.
• Add powdered almonds and vanaspati.
• Continue stirring on low flame till mixture leaves the sides of the pan.
• Remove from flame. Add cardamom and nutmeg powder.
• Spread the mixture over a board and roll it flat.
• Cut into squares and let it cool.
• Store it in an airtight container so that it stays fresh for long.

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