Almond Burfi

Ingredients

 * 1 kg sugar
 * 2 litres milk
 * 500 g mawa
 * 100 g almonds
 * 100 g grated coconut
 * 25 g ghee or butter

Directions

 * 1) Soak almonds in a little water.
 * 2) Remove the skin and grind them to a paste.
 * 3) Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pan.
 * 4) Add almond paste and keep stirring till golden in colour.
 * 5) Add milk, mawa and sugar and keep stirring till the mixture is thick.
 * 6) Grease a plate and spread a little grated coconut on it.
 * 7) Spread the almond-mawa mixture over it with a rolling pin.
 * 8) Spread the remaining grated coconut over it.
 * 9) Gently press down the mixture.
 * 10) When cool, cut into diamond shaped pieces like barfi.