Besan Burfi Recipe
This besan burfi recipe is quick and easy to make, with only three ingredients - besan, ghee, and sugar and is ready within 45 minutes. This Punjabi-style besan ki burfi has a soft, melt-in-the-mouth texture and a rich halwai-style taste. Here is a step by step recipe with video tutorial.
Servings: 9 servings
Calories: 196kcal
Equipment
- 1 Heavy bottom pan
Ingredients
To roast the Besan
- ½ cup ghee/clarified butter
- 2 cup besan/gram flour
To make the sugar syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup water
- ½ teaspoon cardamom powder
To Garnish:
- chopped nuts cashew, almonds, and pistachios
Instructions
- Heat ghee in a pan on a low flame until completely melted.½ cup ghee/clarified butter
- Add besan to the melted ghee. Stir continuously on low flame until it turns golden brown and is aromatic. Ghee will start to come out from the mixture. Remove from heat.2 cup besan/gram flour
- In another pan, add sugar and water. Heat on medium flame until the sugar dissolves completely. Cook for 2 more minutes and check.1 cup sugar, ½ cup water
- Reduce the heat to low. Take a drop of sugar syrup on a plate and let it cool slightly. Check by pressing between the thumb and forefinger. It should form a single string. Immediately remove from heat. Add cardamom powder and mix.½ teaspoon cardamom powder
- Pour the prepared sugar syrup into the roasted besan mixture.
- Stir quickly and mix thoroughly until the syrup is well combined with the roasted besan.
- Pour the mixture into a greased tray. I used a cake tin. Spread evenly and top with chopped nuts. Press it gently on the besan burfi mixture. Let it sit for an hour to set.chopped nuts
- Once set, cut the burfi into small squares or diamonds and serve.
Video
Notes
- Roast the besan perfectly on a low flame. Under-roasted besan tastes bitter, and over-roasted besan can spoil the flavour.
- If the mixture looks dry while roasting, add 1 teaspoon of ghee.
- Check the sugar syrup by dropping a little on a plate and letting it cool slightly to test for one-string consistency.
- While checking the sugar syrup reduce the heat to low otherwise it will get overcooked and make the burfi hard.
- If the mixture does not set after 1 hour, reheat it as the sugar syrup may not have reached one-string consistency.
Nutrition
Calories: 196kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 17mg | Potassium: 235mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 14IU | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 1mg