Friday, January 15, 2010

Happy Pongal and Badam Katli

Wishing one and all a Very Happy Sankranthi and may the Sun God shine upon us his blessings always.






Coming to the recipe,  I have Badam Katli which I learnt from another blog.  I'm sorry I forgot the blog's URL or the name as it was a long time back that I had tried this sweet and registered in my mind.  After that I did not visit the blog or searched for it.  But, I would like to thank the person for this recipe and it has been really easy to make this katli which I had been thinking that it was quite difficult to make katlis.

Ingredients :

1 cup badam ( almonds )
1 cup sugar
2 - 3 tbsp. ghee
1/4 cup milk powder
1/4 cup milk ( or less as required )
a few drops of rose / almond essence according to preference

Method :

1.  Soak almonds in hot water for half an hour and peel the skin off.
2.  Grind the almonds using milk into a smooth thick paste.  (  The paste should not be thin or watery )
3.  Mix the almond paste and sugar in a non-stick pan or non-stick kadai  and keep stirring.  ( I have not tried it on a heavy bottomed metal kadai as not much of ghee is used in this.  I personally suggest to use non-stick one )
4.  When the sugar has mixed well with the almonds, add the milk powder and ghee and keep on stirring for few minutes till the mixture starts to become dry at the sides of the pan.



5.  Add the essence and mix.  Remove on a greased surface or on a parchment paper which has been greased or sprayed with non-stick spray and roll out the dough with a greased rolling pin to 1/2 or 1/4 inch thickness.



6.  Cut into desired shapes and let cool for an hour or two.




The katli tastes best after 24 hrs. of making.  Enjoy....



Krishnaarpanam

4 comments:

Unknown said...

that has come out just perfect..

kitchen queen said...

lovely and perfect badam katlis.Keep some for me I am coming over to have a small bite.Do visit my blog and give ur comments.

Ash said...

Loved those yummy badam diamond cuts.... They are tempting.... U have not only prepared them well, but presented & captured it well too....

Ash...
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

Unknown said...

Perfect katlis, both shape and katlis, luv these badam katlis!!