Burfi or Burfee is a popular sweet confection from India. Some of the popular burfi are made of almonds, cashew nuts, pistachios, besan or gram flour and coconut. I am a huge fan of almond and cashew nut burfi. I have always had it from sweet shops. Never tried it at home until recently. It was my dear friend Shriya’s Baby Shower and I wanted to prepare something special for her and I made this almond and cashew nut burfi. I mixed both the nuts because Iredient was short of almonds. It came out so nice. Everyone loved it. Here you go…
Ingredients:
Almonds – 1 cupCashew nut – 1 cupMilk – 1/2 cup (I used 2% milk)Ghee or Clarified butter – 6 tbspSugar – 2 cupsSaffron – 1/4 tspCardamom – 5
Method of Preparation:
Soak almonds over night or boil water and add almonds and leave it for an hour.Soak cashew nut for two hours.Remove the skin off almonds and grind it to a coarse and thick paste by adding some milk.Grind cashew nuts to a thick paste by adding some milk. Do not forget to grind it separately.At a low heat, in a deep bottomed thick pan add 2 tbsp of ghee.And immediately add the ground pastes and start stirring.Increase the heat a bit and keep on stirring for about 10 minutes.Make sure that nothing sticks to the bottom because it gives you that golden brown flakes.Add sugar and mix well. Let it melt and mix well.Add the rest of the ghee and saffron and keep on stirring until it becomes thick.Keep stirring over heat for five minutes when it starts leaving the sides of the pan.Remove from heat and add powdered cardamom. Keep stirring for sometime even after removing from heat.Transfer it to a greased pan and cut into desired shape.
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