Semolina (sooji Ki) Burfi

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups semolina (sooji)
• 1 1/2 cups ghee
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 5 cups water
• 15 -20 almonds, sliced lengthwise
• 2 tablespoons raisins
• 3 -5 saffron strands, soaked in
• 1 tablespoon water
• 3 -5 sliced almonds, for garnishing
• edible silver foil (known as "chandi ka warq" in hindi)

Recipe

• 1 heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pan.
• 2 fry the almonds and raisins in it until lightly browned.
• 3 remove from ghee.
• 4 keep aside.
• 5 add semolina to the ghee.
• 6 fry till it turns lightly golden in colour.
• 7 add the soaked saffron and 4 cups of water.
• 8 stir continuously.
• 9 lower the flame, keep stirring, until all the water is absorbed.
• 10 add the milk and stir until you see a little ghee come up on the sides of the pan.
• 11 add the fried almonds and raisins now.
• 12 mix well.
• 13 remove from heat.
• 14 spread the mixture onto a flat, greased (with ghee) plate.
• 15 cut into squares or diamond shapes.
• 16 decorate each square with sliced almonds.
• 17 if desired, you can also spread some edible silver foil over the barfi before cutting it into shapes.