Badam Peda made with store bought almond flour. This Indian fudge is an easy dessert to make for any festive season.
Love Indian Sweets? Then do try my other variations of Peda’s – Instant Microwave Peda, Ricotta cheese Peda.
I love making Indian desserts with store bought almond flour. Some of my favorite are Badam Katli, Badam Halwa, Almond Ladoo, Ricotta Cheese Almond Flour Burfi.
This Badam Peda is my take on the popular Peda recipe which is made with full fat milk and sugar.
This Badam Peda
- gets done in 25 minutes or less
- makes for a prefect festive treat
- stores well and perfect for gifting
- requires only a handful of ingredients
Ingredients:
How to make Almond Flour Peda?
To a pan add 1 cup + 1 tablespoon Sugar and ⅓ cup water. Mix and let the sugar dissolve and the mixture come to a rolling rolling boil.
Add 1 cup almond flour, 1 cup milk powder, 2 tablespoons milk, and 2 teaspoons of ghee.
Lower the heat and mix everything together to remove any lumps. Now increase the heat to medium and using a spatula continuously stir the mixture.
After few minutes to continuous stirring you will observe that the mixture starts to thicken. Now add crushed powder and 1 teaspoon of ghee.
Keep stirring till the mixture starts leaving the sides of the pan. Once you observe that the mixture is leaving the pan, cook for another minute.
Now turn of the heat and transfer the peda mixture to a parchment paper which is greased with one teaspoon of ghee. Using a spatula keep folding the mixture for a minute.
Let it cool for 5 minutes. Now when you touch, the mixture shouldn’t stick to your hand, but shouldn’t be dry either. If the mixture become too dry sprinkle some water and ½ teaspoon of ghee and knead the dough. But if the mixture is sticky, let cool for few more minutes or transfer it back to the pan and cook for 2-4 minutes.
Take small portion of the dough and make a smooth ball and flatten it slightly. I used tip of a spatula to make lines on the top. You can also leave them plain. Garnish the peda with a piece of almond.
Tips & Notes:
Do not over cook the mixture, if not the peda will become very hard.
Cook on medium flame and stir continuously to avoid burnt bottom.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Use almond milk and vegan butter instead.
Many grocery store sell almond flour now. You can also buy it online. I used Kirkland brand from Costco.
Yes. Soak the almonds for few hours, peel them and dry completely. Add the dry almonds to a mixer jar and make super fine powder.
Badam Peda (with Almond Flour)
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond flour ( I used Kirkland brand)
- 1 cup milk powder
- 1 cup + 1 tablespoon sugar ( I used organic cane sugar)
- 2 tablespoons full fat milk
- 4 teaspoons ghee
- 3 cardamom pods, crushed
- ⅓ cup water
Instructions
- To a pan add 1 cup + 1 tablespoon Sugar and ⅓ cup water. Mix and let the sugar dissolve and the mixture come to a rolling rolling boil.
- Add 1 cup almond flour, 1 cup milk powder, 2 tablespoons milk and 2 teaspoons ghee.
- Lower the heat and mix everything together to remove any lumps. Now increase the heat to medium and using a spatula continuously stir the mixture.
- After few minutes to continuous stirring you will be observe that the mixture starts to thicken. Now add crushed cardamom powder and 1 teaspoon of ghee.
- Keep stirring till the mixture starts leaving the sides of the pan. Once you observe that the mixture is leaving the pan, cook for another minute.
- Now turn of the heat and transfer the peda mixture to a parchment paper which is greased with one teaspoon of ghee. Using a spatula keep folding the mixture for a minute.
- Let it cool down for 5 minutes. Now when you touch, the mixture shouldn’t stick to your hand, but shouldn’t be dry either. If the mixture become too dry sprinkle some water and ½ teaspoon of ghee and knead the dough. But if the mixture is sticky, let cool for few more minutes or transfer it back to the pan and cook for 2-4 minutes.
- Take small portion of the dough and make a smooth ball and flatten it slightly. I used tip of spatula to make lines on the top. You can also leave them plain. Garnish the peda with a piece of almond.
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