Badam Burfi Almond Squares Recipes

EASY BADAM BURFI

Steps:

• Before you start, you may sift the almond flour. I didn't do it.
• To a pan add sugar, water, rose water and cardamom powder on medium heat.Stir and let the sugar dissolve and mixture come to a boil.
• As soon as the mixture starts boiling, add the almond flour.Lower the heat to "low" and then use a whisk to mix everything together so there are no lumps.
• Add a teaspoon of ghee and mix.
• Keep stirring the mixture using a spatula on low heat. After around 5 minutes, it will start leaving the sides of the pan.However here, you have to cook the mixture until you are able to form a non-sticky ball from the dough.
• It takes around 9 minutes on low heat to reach that stage.The most important thing here is to test if mixture is ready to set like a burfi. If you do not cook it until the desired consistency then burfi will be super soft and won't have a bite to it.To check, take a small piece of dough and see if you are able to form a ball. The ball should be non-sticky, this is important.If you can make a non-sticky ball, dough is done (took me 9 minutes on lowest heat). If not, cook for more time.
• Transfer dough to a sheet of parchment paper.Let it cool for couple of minutes, then grease your hands with ghee lightly and knead the dough.If it looks too dry, sprinkle some water and knead to a smooth dough. I sprinkled very little water
• Place another piece of parchment paper on top. And roll the dough between two sheets of parchment paper to around 1/8 inch thickness.
• Apply chandi ka vark (edible silved leaves) on top, if using. Then cut the burfi into pieces. I cut them in square shape.Garnish badam burfi with sliced almonds. Burfi would stay good in the refrigerator for a week to 10 days!

BADAM BURFI (ALMOND SQUARES)

Steps:

• Grease a shallow 6x6 inch pan with ghee.
• In a frying pan over a low flame, mix almonds, sugar and milk and keep stirring.
• After 5 minutes, add ghee.
• Continue stirring till the mixture thickens to the consistency of bread batter, and starts leaving the sides of the pan.
• Continue stirring for another couple of minutes.
• Remove from flame and pour it into the prepared greased pan; smoothen surface of the mixture if necessary.
• 20 minutes later, after it partially cools down, cut into 1 inch squares using a knife or pastry cutter.
• Cool completely, and store squares in an airtight tin.