I am very partial to this delightful sweet because it is a real treat to the senses.My mom makes this sweet not only for Diwali but on every special occassion & every time I craved for. It is amusing that this sweet which has been a star of so many of my pleasure-trips (guilt trips?), had never entered my hearth! Well, this time when my mom was with me, I made sure she made this burfi and yup indulged shamelessly (let the weighing scales not hear -ssshhhh !)
Why the name 7 cups you may ask ? Because it is made up of 7 cups of ingredients. You can use any cup to measure the ingredients. A cup of Gram Four/Besan, a cup of milk,a cup of freshly grated coconut ,a cup of ghee & 3 cups of sugar adds to the total.To the grated coconuts you can add powdered cashews to make it 1 cup. The grated coconut were pulsed for a quick second to make it smooth n nice. Finally don’t forget cardamom powder and the result is heavenly !
This sweet though similar in taste to Mysore Pak , is more easier to make, contains coconut and is less in ghee. So what are you waiting for, go-make & indulge !
What’s in it :-
- Gram Flour ,Milk, Ghee,Grated Coconut, – 1 cup each
- Sugar – 3 cups
- Cardamom Powder – 2 to3 pods – crushed/if using powder -1 tsp
- Food Colour – Orange/Red – a pinch/one drop – optional
- Saffron strands – a few – for garnish – optional
How:-
First take a big plate, grease it & keep it ready to drop the mix when it becomes ready. Measure all the ingredients to a cup and get set !
Now in a thick bottomed wok, lightly stir-fry the gram flour for a few seconds. Now add the grated coconut and after tossing it lightly for a few seconds tip in all the items one by one (retain 1/2 of the ghee to be poured a little later) and mix well.
Keep on stirring the whole mix on a medium-high flame so that the bottom does not get browned. After a good 15 minutes pour the rest of the ghee and as it gets absorbed, add the cardamom powder & food color if using.
A few more minutes and the mix thickens/comes together and is ready to be dunked in to the greased plate.
Immediately after pouring in to the plate, pat it gently and let it wait for a few minutes. Don’t wait for it cool completely because it becomes very difficult to cut the burfi shapes. Now with a sharp knife cut in to pieces of your desired shape, add saffron strands (optional) and allow it to cool some more.
Store in an air-tight container once its completely cool . The burfi pieces are ready to be relished !
Enjoy !
Love this sweet anytime. Looks so inviting…
looking very yummy!!!!!!!
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so wonderful burfi !! looks so delicious !!
Beeautiful looking sweet, nice photos too.
YUM! I so LOVE burfi, ahhh!
Even we make this at our home, but I dont know how to do this… :D…
Good one
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nice delicious burfi..
this looks SO interesting!
Burfis look so delicious. Thanks for posting this wondeful recipe.
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this looks delicious I don't think I have had with gram flour in coconut burfi looks delicious
My Fav Sweet…
Even I like this 7 cups sweet.looks yumm
Looks so yum ..n got it so perfect
Always love this 7 cup burfi..it has got the melt in mouth goodness..and its long since I had this.
Love this burfi a lot. Nice and tempting pics..
Yummy and delicious burfi!!!
Yum Yum yum!!!! This one reminds me of mohan thal dts my fav in sweets category.. The 2nd last pic makes me feel so tempted that i want to grab all of them out there…. ;-p
Triple likes, love this burfi soooo much,makes me nostalgic…irresistible!
this burfi looks so yummy…..wow loved your recipe..
Wow, burfi looks delicious..love the recipe..must try!