"Made with simple ingredients, this good-old fashioned mithai takes mere 15 to 20 minutes of your time. Yet, the experience of making chocolate burfi at home feels so nice and satisfying that I cannot distill it into words."
Chocolate Burfi
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Prep time: 5mins
Cook time: 10mins
Serves or Makes: 16
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ingredients
- 2 cups Khoya/ Mawa
- 3/4 cups Sugar
- 1 teaspoons Cardamom powder
- 1 teaspoons Rosewater
- 1 teaspoons Cocoa powder
Method
Step 1
Lightly grease a glass or metal tray or pan handy.
Step 2
Crumble or grate khoya. Place in a heavy-bottomed pan and cook on low heat.
Step 3
As it starts melting, add in the sugar, cardamom powder, and rosewater.
Step 4
Keep stirring until the mixture thickens and starts leaving the sides of the pan.
Step 5
This could take 8-10 minutes.
Step 6
Once the mixture is ready. Take it off the heat and divide into 2 equal portions.
Step 7
Transfer one part of the mixture onto the prepared pan. Mix in cocoa powder in the other half of the mixture.
Step 8
Now transfer the chocolate portion on top of the plain burfi.
Step 9
Sprinkle the pistachios and press down gently. Carefully place the silver leaf/ vark on top.
Step 10
Let this set for 30-60 minutes, until the burfi sets. Cut into squares, serve and enjoy!