Besan Burfi is one of the traditional Indian sweets, quite popular all across India. A gram flour fudge is sometimes also called Besan chikki or Besan burfi. It is a ‘Traditional Indian Sweet’ made on special occasions including Navaratri, Diwali, etc. Its taste is quite similar to Mohanthal or Mysore Pak or besan ladoo because they are made by the same ingredients- besan, ghee, and sugar but what makes them different is the way you make and shape them.
About this Recipe
The word Burfi means sweet fudge. You can make burfi using milk, lentils, coconut, nuts, etc.
In this recipe, I am using besan to make burfi. Besan is also known as gram flour or chickpea flour. This sweet is absolutely delicious and the ingredients are quite simple.
This besan burfi is perfectly sweet with great texture and loved by everyone including kids as well as adults. This besan burfi is made with gram flour, ghee, and sugar, flavored with cardamom, and garnished with chopped nuts. It is gluten-free and soft, melt-in-mouth burfi every time!
Ingredients-
To make this popular and delicious Indian sweet fudge, you require just a few basic ingredients that can find easily in every Indian household.
- Besan is ground chana dal (Split Bengal gram) also called gram flour or chickpeas flour. It is gluten-free flour that can find easily online or in any Indian grocery store.
- Ghee (clarified butter) – You can easily find at any Indian store and also make at home.
- Sugar by that means white granulated sugar
- For flavoring – cardamom powder
- For garnishing- chopped nuts – almonds and pistachios (you can add nuts of your choice to garnish).
Serving Suggestions
- As a sweet, you can enjoy a piece of besan burfi along with your meal or after a meal.
- It can be served during any festive season like Navratri, Diwali festival, etc. along with few savory snacks.
- In this coming festive season, you can send this dessert in a decorative mithai box to gift to your friends and family.
Here, I am to tell you the easiest way to make the besan burfi recipe at home, ready in 30 minutes only!
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Besan Burfi
- Total Time: 35 mins
- Yield: 20 pieces 1x
Description
Besan Burfi is a traditional melt-in-mouth Indian sweet made of gram flour (besan), sugar, ghee, flavored with cardamom, and garnished with chopped pistachios and almonds. It is also known as Besan Chikki, one of the easiest and the simplest burfi recipes ever that require only a few ingredients to prepare!
Ingredients
- 1 cup clarified butter (ghee)
- 3 cups gram flour (besan)
- 1 ½ teaspoon cardamom powder (elaichi powder)
- 2 cups granulated white sugar
- ½ cup water (for sugar syrup)
- Chopped pistachios and almonds for garnishing
Equipment
- Deep heavy pan or kadhai
- Aluminum pan or tray
Instructions
- Take a 9 x 9-inch aluminum pan or tray and grease the surface with ghee or line it with parchment paper.
For Roasting Besan
- Sieve gram flour (besan) once, so that there are no small lumps remain in the flour.
- In a deep wide pan or kadhai, add ghee to melt.
- Next, add besan to the pan and stir it continuously on low flame for the next 15-17 minutes until the raw smell will go off and a nice aroma comes out of cooked besan.
- You will see the color becomes light golden brown while roasting the besan.
- After around 15 minutes, the besan starts releasing ghee and loosens up.
- Keep stirring it for around 20 minutes or else it will burn due to the high amount of heat ghee retains.
- After 25 minutes, it will form like a smooth paste.
- At this stage, add cardamom powder and cook for 5 more minutes.
- This whole process takes 30 minutes approx.
- Turn off the heat and set it aside.
- Let it cool down slightly. Meanwhile, prepare the sugar syrup.
For Sugar Syrup
- Take a pan, add sugar and water.
- Place it over medium flame.
- Stir well until sugar dissolve.
- Boil for 5 to 6 minutes till you get one thread consistency in the sugar syrup.
- Once the sugar syrup is done, remove it from heat and let it cool for 2 minutes.
- Keep it aside.
- Do not overcook the sugar syrup.
- Now, slowly add the sugar syrup to the roasted besan mixture. Continue stirring until all the sugar syrup is well combined with the besan mixture.
- Pour this mixture into the pan or tray lined with parchment paper.
- Spread the mixture in the tray evenly.
- Tap the tray to get rid of excess air.
- Now sprinkle some chopped pistachio or almonds on top and press slightly with a spatula.
- Leave the tray to set in the fridge for 1 hour.
- After cooling down completely, it becomes a little hard.
- After leaving at room temperature, it becomes softened.
- Once burfi is set, cut into a rectangle or square pieces or desired shape.
- Enjoy the homemade Besan Burfi.
Notes
- It is important to roast the besan properly so that the burfi doesn’t taste raw. So do roast on low flame for 25-30 minutes. If you roast it on high flame, it will burn up.
- Always use a heavy bottom pan or kadhai for roasting the besan.
- You can add yellow food color to the besan to give a nice color to the burfi.
- To check the consistency of sugar syrup, put a drop of syrup between your thumb and index finger and pull them apart until you see a one-string formation.
- If you are making besan burfi in winter, you can place the pan back on low heat while adding the sugar syrup. But in summers, you don’t need to put your pan back on the heat.
- To set your burfi, you can use any thali, baking tray, cake tin, etc.
- When burfi is warm, it is soft. Once cooled down completely It will become hard and perfect to bite.
- Additionally, while roasting the besan towards the end, you can even add saffron strands for extra flavor.
- You can store besan burfi at room temperature for 10 days!
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Cuisine: Indian
