7 CUP BURFI RECIPE | SEVEN CUP BARFI | EASY DIWALI SWEETS

7 Cup burfi | seven cup cake is an easy sweet recipe and in most of the houses it is a compulsory one for Diwali. My grandmother also does it every time and she she always says it is easy for distributing among neighbours too for diwali. My mother in law also makes this but she adds cashew paste to this. I have posted Coconut and cashew burfi . But this recipe is different and no complicated steps involved in making this diwali sweet. Looking for an easy diwali sweet, then this 7 cup burfi is a must try one. Check out my full collections of Diwali Sweets recipes

Ingredients

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 30Mins |    Yields : 20-22 pieces

     Besan | Kadalaimaavu   1 cup*
     Milk      1 cup
     Ghee      2 cups **
     Coconut    1 cup
     Sugar    2 cups
     Cardamom powder   a pinch (optional)
    *1 cup measurement you can take any small cup of your choice.
    **Ghee no need to add 2 cups, i felt 1 and 1/2 cup is enough.

Method:

Dry roast the besan |kadalaimaavu till it emits a nice aroma. Roast in a low flame. Be careful not to burn this. Switch off the flame.

Pulse the scrapped coconut once and add it to the besan. Add the ghee, milk and sugar. You can even reduce the sugar to 1 and 3/4 cup too.
Mix well without any lumps. Switch on the flame and start stirring in a medium low flame.
Be careful as the mixture will burn fast.

Keep the flame to medium after 5-7 minutes.
Soon the mixture will start thicken. At one stage the mixture will come into a whole mass without sticking to the bottom. Also it be porus too.

Keep a greased plate ready and add the sweet mixture, which has come into a whole mass.
Spread it evenly. Allow this to cool. When it is warm mark them into desired shapes.

Once they are completely cool, cut them and invert the plate and take out the burfis.

Notes:

If you feel the burfi is not firm and is like a fudge, just put it back in the pan and stir for few more minutes and spread it again.
ensure the besan is roasted else raw smell will be there.
My mother in law will add 2 tblsp of sugar in the last to get firm burfis.