Almond Burfi – Badam Burfi

INGREDIENTS :

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

METHOD :

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