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Make Something Sweet…Coconut Burfi

Make Something Sweet…Coconut Burfi

Last updated on: March 13, 2015 at 10:35 pm by Ambaa Choate

Make Something Sweet…Coconut Burfi 2015-03-13T22:35:10-04:00 Ambaa Choate

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When Brad and I had our Vedic wedding ceremony, a coconut featured prominently in the ritual. After it was over we were told that we should take the coconut home and make something sweet with it.

Well. Brad and I had never cooked with a whole coconut before! We had only ever purchased canned coconut milk.

Internet to the rescue!

Brad read up on how to open the coconut.

I found a recipe for coconut burfi. There are a number of different styles of burfi (sometimes called Indian Fudge, the word means “ice” or “snow” in Hindi).

Here is the recipe we used…

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Scraped Coconut Shreds
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1-1/2 cup Water
• 2 tbsp Milk
• 1 tbsp Ghee
• 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder

How to make Coconut Burfi:

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Heat a pan, add the coconut shreds and fry gently over moderate heat.

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When the coconut milk moisture is somewhat lessened, remove it from heat.

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Now in a seperate vessel, boil water over moderate heat.

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When the water boils, add the sugar and keep on stirring till the sugar water boils.

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Add the milk to the boiling sugar syrup.

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When the sugar syrup reaches a thick syrupy stage, add the fried coconut shreds to it.

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Stir constantly till the coconut and sugar syrup are blended thickly and stickily together.

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Now add the ghee and cardamom seeds powder.

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Stir till the mixture looks thick, remove from the heat and pour into a ghee-smeared table or plate.

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Flatten the surface evenly with the help of an oiled flat slice.

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When cold, cut into squares or diamond shapes and serve.

–http://www.indobase.com/recipes/details/coconut-burfi.php

Ours did not turn out quite right. It didn’t gel the way it should have and was liquidy, like syrup with coconut flakes in it. I probably didn’t let it sit long enough! It was hard not to try to eat it immediately 🙂

Despite its strange appearance and the sticky fingers it gave us, it was super delicious! So I’m calling that a success.

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