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Plain Burfi - honey flavored
A long time ago, I spent time in India, and lived with Indians as one of the family. This gave me a love of Indian food, that still exists. I instilled this love into my Beauty, and she too loves Indian food.
Today, furthering that passion, we created the best of all Indian Sweets - - Burfi.
The ingredients are simple:
1 Quart organic full cream milk.
2 Table spoons organic raw honey.
Time.
That is it.. You don't need organic, if you don't want to get the best, but you do need Whole Milk, not any of the homogenized toxic brews called 2%, 1% or low fat. It would be wasteful paying for raw milk, as it ceases to be raw during the making of burfi. If however, you have your own raw milk... LUCKY YOU.. I envy you. Raw milk is always the way to go, if you can, but so few of us in the USA can get any, as it cannot legally be sold in all but two or three states.
But, end of complaint about the pointless restrictions of milk!
Take the milk, put into a large saucepan - the one you made the paneer in will do..  and place over a high flame. After a while, the milk will be almost boiling - turn down to gas about 3, and simmer, adding half of the honey. Stir strongly to melt the honey.
Stir softly, and keep stirring: after about half an hour, add the rest of the honey, and stir strongly till it melts. Keep up the stirring, until you are about forty five minutes into the process - If you made any Ghee, add two level tblsp now. Turn down to about 2. Keep the soft stirring, for another ten minutes or so, or, until the mixture is very stiff, and you can see the bottom of the pan as the spatula passes over.. Then turn down to LOW, and stir strongly, making sure that you scrape the now stiff material down off the side of the pan. When it is very stiff, but still somewhat fluid, like treacle perhaps, it is about done. You can add some flour at this time - I don't, but if you want it stiffer, that is the way to get it that way.
Pour into a bowl, and allow to cool. As it cools, it will become firmer, when cool enough place into the 'fridge, and it will become very firm.
At this time, cut into small squares, turn out onto a plate and cut the square pillars of burfi into small cubes...
Then sit down and eat it. Try to let your family have some too - hard as it may be..
I adore this stuff - from you friendly Indian grocery, it will cost about $15 to get this much Burfi, and it will not taste any where near as good.
More delicious suggestions will come later.
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Re: Plain Burfi - honey flavored
I had no idea burfi was so easy to make! Hmmm...lots of projects for the weekend!
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The hardest part of making Burfi is not eating it all before it is done. Other than that, standing around for an hour and a half is often painful, but the making of the treat is really simple. Enjoy.
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