Besan Khoya Burfi recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is a mouth watering Indian sweet made from besan sauteed in ghee. It is then mixed with sugar and khoya.
Besan Khoya Burfi
I made this burfi yesterday, i had some leftover khoya and i used that to make this delicious melt in mouth besan khoya burfi. The burfi tasted way different from normal gram flour mysore pak. It tasted so milky and fudge because of the addition of khoya.
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Ingredients for Besan Khoya Burfi
- Besan / Gram Flour / Kadalai Mavu - 1 cup
- Unsweetened Khoya / Mawa - ½ cup (Instant Khoya in Microwave, Khoya made in Stove)
- Sweetened Condensed Milk - ½ cup
- Sugar - ½ cup
- Ghee - 3 tbsp
- Saffron - a pinch
- Nuts - 3 tbsp finely chopped
- Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp
How to Make Besan Khoya Burfi
- Heat 2 tbsp of ghee in a pan, add in besan and roast it for 6 to 8 mins on low heat till it smell nicely. Remove this to a bowl, you can sieve this once.
- Now in the same pan, add in khoya, condensed milk, sugar and mix well. Cook till it boil.
- Now add in besan and mix well. Cook till it thickens.
- Now add in the remaining 1 tbsp of ghee, cardamom powder and mix well.
- Cook this whole thing till it leaves the sides of the pan and turns little frothy like and non sticky.
- Now spoon this in a greased pan and sprinkle the top with chopped nuts and saffron. Press on top so it sticks to the burfi.
- Let it set for few hours. Cut into squares and serve.
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Besan Khoya Burfi Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Besan / Gram Flour / Kadalai Mavu
- ½ cup Unsweetened Khoya / Mawa
- ½ cup Sweetened Condensed Milk
- ½ cup Sugar
- 3 tbsp Ghee
- Saffron - a pinch
- 3 tbsp Nuts finely chopped
- 1 tsp Cardamom Powder
Instructions
- Heat 2 tbsp of ghee in a pan, add in besan and roast it for 6 to 8 mins on low heat till it smell nicely. Remove this to a bowl, you can sieve this once.
- Now in the same pan, add in khoya, condensed milk, sugar and mix well. Cook till it boil.
- Now add in besan and mix well. Cook till it thickens.
- Now add in the remaining 1 tbsp of ghee, cardamom powder and mix well.
- Cook this whole thing till it leaves the sides of the pan and turns little frothy like and nonsticky.
- Now spoon this in a greased pan and sprinkle the top with chopped nuts and saffron. Press on top so it sticks to the burfi.
- Let it set for few hours. Cut into squares and serve.
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Hi Aarthi, this seems to be a really good recipe. Thanks 🙂 What is the shelf life of this barfi?