Coconut Burfi | Thengai Burfi
This chewy and delicious Thengai Burfi / Coconut Burfi is made with grated fresh coconut, sugar, and some nuts to flavor.A quick and easy dessert that is ready in no time.
Servings: 24 pieces
Calories: 98kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups Coconut grated and packed
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1 cups Water
- ½ teaspoon Cardamom powder
- 2 tablespoon Cashews
- 3 teaspoon Ghee
Instructions
- Grate the coconut and make sure you grate them in such a way that there is no brown skin in the gratings. I grated the top of my coconut and then took out the gratings for the burfi and then grated the remainder of the coconut. Measure out 2 packed cups of coconut and keep it aside.
- In a small pan, heat a teaspoon of ghee and fry the cashews. Keep it aside.
- Grease a platter with ghee and keep it ready.
- In a wide pan, add the sugar and water and let it come to a boil. Let the sugar syrup come to a softball stage. This is a stage when you drop a little bit of syrup in cold water, it forms a chunk and you could form a softball out of this.
- At this stage, add the grated coconut to the syrup and mix well. The syrup will liquefy a bit after adding the coconut. Keep mixing the mixture.
- Now when the mixture bubbles up and thickens a bit, add the fried cashew and the remainder of the ghee.
- Keep stirring until the whole thing comes to a thick mass and starts leaving the sides of the pan.
- At this stage drop the burfi into the greased pan and level it out with a spatula.
- When the burfi is still warm, make cuts in the burfi.
- When entirely cool, remove them and store them in an airtight container.
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Notes
Expert tips and FAQ's
- The sugar syrup when allowed to come to a softball stage helps in quickening the process. The sugar and coconut could be mixed together in the beginning as well, but it will take quite a bit of time to thicken.
- The last stage is very critical. If the burfi is taken too early, it will be very chewy. If it is left too long, the burfi will become very crumbly.
- To help you figure out the right stage, keep looking for the mixture to start to leave the sides of the pan. It will also start to change color slightly. This is the time when it has to be poured on the greased tray.
Nutrition
Calories: 98kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 29mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 1mg