Besan Ki Burfi (Gram Flour Fudge)
Besan ki barfi is sweet like candy and has a fudge like consistency. Made with roasted Besan, butter and sugar, it is then flavored with cardamom and garnished with nuts. Besan Burfi can be served any time of the day. In an Indian household, Burfies are served as cookies or chocolate.
- 1 cup besan gram flour
- 2 tbsp sooji samolina
- 1/4 cup almonds coarsely ground almond
- 6 tbsp melted unsalted butter ghee
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 8 cardamoms– shelled and seeds crushed
- 1 tbsp pistachios crushed for garnishing
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Grease 8” flat plate and set aside.
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In a bowl mix besan and semolina, add about 3 tablespoons of butter mix it well by rubbing with fingers. Mix will become grainy; Let it sit for about 15 minutes.
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Put rest of the butter in frying pan over medium heat; add besan mix and roast for about 4-5 minutes stirring continuously basen will lightly change the color.
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Add almonds and roast stirring continuously until the color has change to deep golden brown and also start to smell of the roasted basen, this should take another 6-7 minutes. Turn off the heat. We add the almonds later otherwise almonds will be over roasted.
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In a saucepan, boil the sugar and water together over medium heat until syrup is little less then 1 thread or 205 degrees F on a candy thermometer. Mix the syrup with flour mixture mix well and pore over greased plate.
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Sprinkle the sliced pistachios evenly over the top to garnish.
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Let Burfi cool it takes about 1 hours and cut into 1” squares.
