Wednesday 29 June 2011

Coconut Burfi


Ingredients
Grated Coconut - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Rava - 1 tbsp
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Cashew nuts - 10
Cardamom a pinch

Grate the coconut. roast the grated coconut. Meanwhile roast the cashew nuts in ghee and keep it aside.
Add water enough to just cover the sugar and melt the sugar. bring the syrup to a boil. The syrup be of one thread consistency.
Add the grated coconut, cardamom powder, cashew nuts to the sugar syrup. Stir well so that it gets mixed fully! Keep stirring or else it might get burnt. You will know its done when the coconut starts coming off the pan. Adding rava help in binding the coconut and sugar.
For more taste, Add some cashew nuts.

Grease a plate. Then once the burfi is done, pour on to the greased plate. Just tap the plate down, it will get set automatically. Using a greased spatula, spread on the top for a even spread.
With a knife, make horizontal lines and then do a cross line across to get diamond shaped Burfi.

Enjoy this time old traditional Indian sweet anytime of the day!

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