Coconut Besan Burfi
This is a creation of yours truly.
Ingredients
* Besan/chickpea flour 1/2 cup
* Butter/ghee 1tbsp
* Dried coconut 1.5 cups
* Almond powder 1/4 cup
* Elaichi/green caradamom 2
* Sugar 1 cup
* Water 1 cup
Procedure:
1. Melt the butter/ghee and saute the besan in it for 5 mins on medium. Stir constantly to prevent browning.
2. Empty the roasted besan into a separate bowl and add the dried coconut, almond powder and elichi to it. Mix it well.
3. Bring the water+sugar mixture to a boil and lower the heat to medium high.
4. When the syrup reaches single string consistency(110 degrees centigrade/230 degrees Fahrenheit).
5. Add the powdered mixture gradually and keep stirring so that there are no more lumps. Stir for 3 minites on medium-low.
6. Pour the mixture onto the greased plate and let it cool for 5 minutes.
7. Cut the mixture into desired shape.
Coconut Almond burfi
This is an original creation by yours truly. Took a few trials to get it right. It is quite easy to make and tastes good.
Ingredients
- All purpose flour 1/2 cup
- Dried coconut 1/4 cup
- Almonds 1/4 cup
- Elaichi/green caradamom 2
- Sugar 1 cup
- Water 1 cup
Procedure:
- Grind the all purpose flour, coconut, almonds and elaichi into a fine powder.
- Keep a greased plate ready.
- Bring the water+sugar mixture to a boil and lower the heat to medium high.
- When the syrup reaches single string consistency(110 degrees centigrade/230 degrees farenheit).
- Add the powdered mixture gradually and keep stirring so that there are no more lumps.
- Pour the mixture onto the greased plate and let it cool for 10 minutes.
- Cut the mixture into diamond shapes.
Almond Balwa
This is a philosophical dish. I started with the intention of making a burfi from a Chitvish recipe, however I got lost and it morphed into a halwa and it tastes very good. Much like a lot of things in life. I am not sure if I should call it Balwa or Hurfi.Regardless of what you call it, it tastes really good. Like those really expensive dry fruits based sweets in India. It took around 6 hours (worth the effort) of cooking on medium-low to get this result.
Time of effort: 30 mins
Time to table: 6 hours
Ingredients:
Almonds 1 cup
Sugar 2 cup
Water 3/4 cup
Milk 1/2 cup
Ghee 3 tbsps
Procedure:
1. De-skin almonds
Boil 4 cups of water.
Turn off heat and put almonds into the boiling water.
Let it sit for 15 mins.
Pass the almonds through a colander and pour cool/room temperature water on it to stop the cooking.
Deskin the almonds.
2. Prepare almond paste
Grind the almonds to a smooth paste using the milk.
3. Prepare the sugar syrup
Mix the sugar in the water and let it heat at medium. The sugar should reach 1 string consistency (around 230 degrees farenheit).
4. Bringing it all together
Add almond paste to sugar syrup and cook on medium low. Stir occasionally (every 20 mins). The mixture will gradually thicken into a halwa. Add the ghee towards the end.
5. Grease the pan pour the halwa into the pan.
