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!
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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!
- Cuisine: Indian
Keywords: Easy Besan Burfi Recipe, How to make Besan Burfi, Homemade Besan Chikki