How to Make Coconut Burfi at Home

How to Make Coconut Burfi at Home

About Coconut Burfi:

Coconut burfi is a delicious and mouthwatering Indian sweet recipe made with grated coconut, sugar, milk and cardamom powder.  This is a simple and delicious sweet made with very minimum ingredients.  This is a most commonly made sweet during festivals like Holi, Diwali or any special occasions.

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of grated coconut.
  • 1/2 cup of sugar or to taste.
  • 1-2 tablespoons of ghee.
  • 1 cup of cream or milk.
  • Some saffron stands.
  • 1 teaspoon green cardamom powder.
  • Some finely chopped dry nuts like almond and pistachio (optional).

Note:  You may increase or decrease the quantity of ingredients depending on your taste and for how many people you are making for.

Method of Making Coconut Burfi:

  1.  Take a kadai and add on the grated coconut and milk/cream and mix well.
  2.  Then, turn on the flame and cook the coconut until it absorbs all the milk.  Stir occasionally.
  3.  Then, add sugar, saffron strands, and cardamom powder and mix well and cook on a medium flame until sugar dissolves completely.
  4.  Then, add 1 tablespoon and mix well.
  5.  Then, continue to cook the coconut mixture on a medium flame until all moisture evaporates or until it starts to separate from the kadai and forms into a dough and then turn off the flame.
  6.  Then, take a plate and grease with some ghee.
  7.  Then, transfer the coconut mixture into the plate and spread evenly.
  8.  Then, add some chopped dry nuts over it and press very gently with a spatula and set aside for 2-3 hours on room temperature or keep in the fridge for 1 hour and then cut into your desire shape.
  9.  Then, serve the coconut burfi to your family or friends or store in an airtight container for a week in the fridge.