Badam Halwa (Almond Sweet)

Ingredients:

230g sugar
6 tbsp water
180g ground almonds
180g butter or ghee
2 tsp rose water
6 cardamoms, remove seeds from pod and crush them
pinch of salt


Method:

• Dissolve sugar in water over low heat, then bring to the boil.
• Add almonds, rose water, butter or ghee and salt, then keep stirring.
• When mixture thickens, pour into a shallow dish and sprinkle the crushed cardamom seeds on top.
• Leave to cool before cutting into squares or diamond shapes.
• Decorate with cherries.