Badam Burfi / Almond Burfi / Badam katli

Ingredients:
Badam/ almond - 1 cup
Water - 1/4 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Milk - 1/2 cup
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Silver leaf/Vark - 2 sheets

Method:

Soak badam for 1 or 2 hrs. Peel off the skin. If its soaked enough, then you can press and sqeeze the badam out from the skin using ur fingers.

Dry them with a cloth or tissue paper and powder badam in a mixer

 In a heavy bottomed kadai or non stick pan, place sugar with  water. Keep the flame in medium and dissolve the sugar. When sugar gets melted and thick add milk and bring to a boil.

 Add alomond/Badam Powder to the sugar-milk syrup and keep stirring well.

Cook till it becomes a thick mass. In between add ghee and stirr again on low flame.

Keep on stirring in medium or low flame. At one stage, the bottom of the pan also starts holding whitish frothy mixture, make sure to scrap it properly otherwise colour will change. Now the stage almost is reached, so when the whole mixture gets thicker and starts rolling in the pan.Transfer this to a plate and cool slightly, but still warm.

Knead it well and shape to a ball. If your mixture looks dry, sprinkle 1 tsp milk and knead.The ball must be smooth with minimum cracks. After the temperature comes down, if the mixture looks very sticky, it means there is more moisture left than needed. keep on flame and dry the mixture again.

Take two square tracing papers and place badam mixture in between them and roll with a rolling pin in round shape or square shape.

Take Silver leaf / Vark and place on top of the sweet. Be careful not to touch the vark. Its a very thin sheet and tends to break soon . so just invert with the paper and then take the paper away. If needed take more silver leaf and stick on rolled badam mixture by pressing lightly on it. Cut into diamond shapes. 

 AAAAnd there....... U will get really proffesional badam burfiessss........Try and enjoy...

7 Cup Burfi

             7 cups burfi recipe – an easy burfi made with besan. The name of this sweet treat comes from the fact that "7 cups" (1+3+1+1+1) of ingredients are used to make it. This is a very popular Indian sweet usually made on special occasions, but you could make it on weekends or for dessert or whenever you want. It tastes very close to the traditional mysore pak but with an additional taste & aroma of coconut. 

 Ingredients:

Chickpea flour / besan - 1 cup
Sugar - 3 cups ( I used 2.5 cups)
Ghee - 1 cup
Grated fresh coconut - 1 cup
Milk - 1 cup

Method:
Add 1 cup Chick pea flour / besan to the pan and begin to roast until it turns fragrant on a medium flame. Do not let it brown. Switch of the flame and set aside.

Take a square or circle plate and grease it with ghee. 

 To the roasted besan add 1 cup coconut and mix well. Add milk, sugar(the original 7 cups burfi is made with 3 cups of sugar used 2.5 cups of sugar),1/4 th cup ghee. Do not pour all ghee at once, add little by little in each stage. 

Mix well. Put on the flame to low. The sugar melts and the mixture turns gooey. Keep stirring from here to the end without interrupting else the mixture gets burnt. Mix well so that no lumps are formed. It takes approximately 15 minutes for the mixture to reach the final stage. After few minutes, you will see the mixture begins to bubble. Continue stirring. Add 1/4 cup more ghee. Stir well for the mixture to absorb the ghee.

 When you see the consistency of the mixture thickens, add half cup ghee. Stir well again for the mixture to absorb the ghee. You will find the mixture begins to leave the sides of the pan. But still quite runny. Continue to cook. Be attentive as it is going to reach the final stage. once they are a bit more thick and of dropping consistency. Quickly pour the mixture to a greased tray. Level it with a greased flat spatula or a cup or bowl.(Do not make the mixture too thick and dry. it will make the burfi very hard)

Let the burfi come to room temperqature. After one hour, draw lines carefully with a greased knife. After a while, cut them deeply with a knife.When it cools down completely,cut them to pieces. 

 And here our yummy seven cup burfi is ready.......Happy Diwali........Enjoy...:)