Badam Kheer (Sweet Almond pudding)

Some dishes are like teleporting device – which take you back home. Home where you spent your childhood along with all those memories. Even the thought of making it, relishing it would never fail to put a smile in your face and bring back all that nostalgia. I have quite a few dishes which do that to me, among which is this dish that we fondly called as “Badam Kheer” (in hindi) where Badam means “Almond” and Kheer is “Pudding“. It is also known as Badam Ka Sheera.This is a rich and sweet pudding enjoyed almost everywhere in India. It is rich on its own, thanks to all those almonds, but a little additional ghee helps to take it the next level. You can make this as much low fat as possible or rich, as the occasion and palate demands it

This is one of those dishes which does not have many variations. Very minor ones as per taste and preference but much less than many other traditional Indian sweets that vary from family to family. My mother used to make it rarely but after marriage realized that this was one of the most favorite sweets of my better half. Royal taste indeed! Of course he preferred it minimal sweet and so I make it once in a while with v less sugar which practically disqualifies it from the Indian standards of sweets So pardon my measurement of sugar if it seems wayware! I have no idea what amount would be the “perfect” amount!

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