Badam Seera

1 1/2 cup almonds soaked overnight
3 cups hot milk
250 gm ghee
1/2 to 1/3 cup sugar

Peel the almonds, wash and grind to fine paste. Heat ghee in a heavy pan. Add paste and cook on first high then slow flame, stirring continuosly. After a while it should turn a light brown and aromatic.

Carefully pour hot milk and stir. Use a long-handled spatula as the mixture tends to splatter. When thickens, add the sugar and cook, stirring continously and gently till ghee begins to separate. Decorate with chopped nuts and serve hot.

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