Thursday, October 12, 2017

Coconut Milk Burfi / Thenga Paal Burfi | Diwali Recipes

Coconut Milk Burfi --- Its a Simple and tasty burfi which can be prepared for any festival.Traditionally burfi was made of milk and sugar.But in this recipe i used coconut milk.

Adapted the recipe from Mrs.Meenakshi Ammal "SAMAITHU PAAR " Cookbook.She named it as COCONUT MILK CAKE but i changed the name as burfi .

Now let us move to the recipe...

Ingredients

Besan / Kadalai Maavu /Gram Flour - 1/2 Cup
Wheat Flour/ Atta /Godhumai Maavu -1/2 Cup
Grated Coconut - 1/4 cup
Sugar -2 Cups
Ghee -1/2 cup +2 tbsp
Saffron - few strands
Edible camphor - A mustard size
Cardamom Powder -1/4 tsp
Thick Coconut Milk(1 st Coconut Milk) -1/2 cup
Thin Coconut Milk(2 nd Coconut Milk) - 1/4 cup
Very thin Coconut Milk (3rd Coconut Milk ) - 1/8 cup

Method

*In a Pan dry roast the grated coconut in low flame until it turns golden brown.Keep it aside.

*Same pan add 1 tbsp ghee roast the besan and  until the raw smell goes away.Keep it aside.

*Then follow the same procedure for atta too.

*Grease a tray with little ghee and keep it ready.

*Now add the sugar and 2 nd&3 rd coconut milk in a pan.

*Boil it until 1 string consistency,thats when you touch the syrup in between your thumb and forfinger a string will be form .

*Now add the saffron,roasted besan,atta and coconut.mix well.

*Then add thin coconut milk,stir well continuosly.Add rest of the ghee in between when you mix .

*At one stage,the mixture starts to frothy here and there,then immediately switch off the flame.

*Add the crushed camphor and cardamom powder,mix well for a min.

*Immediately pour it to the greased pan.Let the mixture will be thin.


*But when it cools down it will be thick.Once it warm slice it into desired shape.

MY NOTES

*Dont misss the syrup consistency else the burfi is hard.

*We will keep it for 4 or 5 days at room temperature .

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