Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Diwali Special - Chocolate Burfi

The spirit of Diwali has been bright and colourful in our apartment. For the past two days we have been busy making sweets, eating sweets, making savouries and eating them....Ok, I should add sharing them too with friends!!!
Wishing you all a very Happy Diwali.
I would like to share one of my favourite sweets - Chocolate burfi. After we have made this my son Pranav's visit to the kitchen has increased! Everytime he goes in, he picks one burfi. I must tell you its really irresistable....Try this and you'll know.

Ingredients
Maida 1 1/2 big cups
Sugar 3 big cups
Cocoa powder - 4 tablespoons
Ghee - 4 tablespoons
Chopped Almonds - a few(Optional)
Procedure
1. Sieve Maida and keep it aside.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon of ghee in a non stick kadai and add the maida and roast it till the raw flavour goes and transfer it to a plate and allow it to cool.
3. Add the sugar in the kadai and water to immerse the sugar and bring it to boil. Keep stirring till the sugar syrup is thick and falls firmly like a stick. Remove from the stove.
4. Mix cocoa with a little milk to form a creamy liquid.
5. Keep the kadai on the kitchen counter(not on the stove) and add the cocoa liquid and mix well.
6. Slowly add maida little by little and and mix well so that there are no lumps. Keep mixing till there is heat in the kadai. At this stage it will become like the chapathi dough.
7. Add the remaining ghee and cut almonds and keep it in the stove for just 2 mins so that we give it a final mix. All the ingredients will be well blended at this stage.
8. Greese a steel tray with a little ghee and transfer the above mixture into the tray. Spead it well and press it with a small plate so the the top portion is flat and uniform. You may add so more chopped almonds at this stage.
9. Allow it to cool in room temperature and use a knife to cut it into squares or diamonds and leave it like that. Do not wait for it to cool completely to cut it as it will be difficult if you wait till that stage.
10. Once it is completely cooled, use the knife to pull out the burfis.
11. Enjoy the yummy Chocolate Burfis.