Besan Coconut Burfi

Saffron Trail
Saffron Trail @cook_2655870
Bangalore

The recipe is traditionally called a seven cup cake or the seven heaven cake because of three cups of sugar and 1 each of other 4 ingredients, making it easy to remember. However, in my experience, 2 cups of sugar is more than enough for our generation's sweet tooth. And even my grandparents are quite happy with that :)

See more of the story on my blog post: http://www.saffrontrail.com/seven-cup-cake-besan-coconut-burfi-recipe

Besan Coconut Burfi

The recipe is traditionally called a seven cup cake or the seven heaven cake because of three cups of sugar and 1 each of other 4 ingredients, making it easy to remember. However, in my experience, 2 cups of sugar is more than enough for our generation's sweet tooth. And even my grandparents are quite happy with that :)

See more of the story on my blog post: http://www.saffrontrail.com/seven-cup-cake-besan-coconut-burfi-recipe

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Ingredients

45 mins
4 servings
  1. 1 cupbesan (gram flour or chickpea flour)
  2. 1 cupghee
  3. 1 cupfreshly scraped or desiccated coconut
  4. 1 cupmilk
  5. 2 cupssugar (if your sugar is not as sweet then add 1/4-1/2 cup more)
  6. few strandssaffron OR cardamom powder for flavouring

Cooking Instructions

45 mins
  1. 1

    Grease a 9 X 9 baking sheet (or a deep dish) ghee and keep aside.

  2. 2

    In a heavy bottomed wok, place 2 tbsp ghee.

  3. 3

    Add the cup of besan to this and on a very low flame, roast it till fragrant - say around 4-5 minutes. Keep a close watch and saute constantly so as not to let the gram flour brown or burn.

  4. 4

    In a large bowl, mix all the remaining ingredients including flavouring of choice {saffron strands or cardamom.

  5. 5

    Once the gram flour is aromatic, tip the contents of the bowl into a wok. Keeping the flame low at all times, constantly keep stirring the contents till reduced to nearly half. For the quantities specified, this takes 15-17 minutes.

  6. 6

    At the end of 15 minutes, immediately transfer the contents of the wok onto the greased baking sheet.

  7. 7

    Smoothen out the surface with the edge of a flat spatula or by patting under few layers of foil, to make the heat bearable.

  8. 8

    Score into squares or diamonds using a pizza cutter /knife.

  9. 9

    Cut out when completely cool.

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Blogger at www.saffrontrail.com. Trained as a medical doctor with a specialisation in nutrition, Nandita Iyer is a well published writer and columnist. Her food blog, Saffrontrail, is where she shares her food thoughts and recipes, since 2006. She has also worked with Ogilvy Healthcare (Mumbai) as a strategy planner. Her work has appeared in Men's Health, Mint, BBC Good Food, Femina, DNA, Complete Wellbeing, Mother Baby, Yowoto.com among others. She writes on health, nutrition and food.
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