Almond Burfi

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.