Gourmet Walk

Badam Katli
Best sweet dish for festive season

Ingredients
1 1/2 cup Almonds
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/4th tspn Cardamom powder
Safron strands
1 tbspn Ghee/ clarified buter

Method
1) First soak Almonds in warm water for about 2 hours
2) Then peel off the skin and pat dry the almonds in a kitchen towel
3) Now grind the peeled/dried Almonds to form a powder
4) Meanwhile in a nonstick pan , add water and sugar and stir continously till it forms single string 
5) Dont over boil the sugar syrup otherwise the katli will become hard
6) Immediately add the almond powder along with cardamom powder and dissolved safron
7) On a low flame stir this mixture for about 3-4 minutes till the mixture starts leaving the edges
8) Dont overcook the mixture otherwise the katli becomes brittle like biscuit
9) Finally add ghee to it and transfer the mixture to a butterpaper
10) within a minute, start kneading the dough well and using a rolling pin spread it to form square shape
11) Give desired shape and garnish it with either nuts, safron strands, silver varak