Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Thengai Burfi / Coconut Fudge - Wish you a Happy Diwali!! | Diwali Sweets Recipes

First things First!! Wishing everyone a very Happy Diwali!! Believe you are celebrating this day with high spirits. Though it is not a holiday here in US we are celebrating with friends (miss family very much). I made this Coconut Burfi as a part of my Diwali Sweets and Snacks. This is again a recipe from Grandma. I never knew this burfi was so easy to make with only 5 ingredients and can be done with less effort compared to other Indian Sweets.
I think this is the first time I am posting in my blog 3 days in a row..Hmm.. Festival Spirit!!



Ingredients:
Cooking time - 35-40 mins; Gives 12-14 2" squares
Coconut grated (just the white part) - 3 1/2 cups - loosely packed 
Sugar - 2 1/2 cups
Water - 1 1/4 cups
All-purpose flour / Maida - 2 tbsp
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp or less
Ghee - 1 tbsp + more to grease the pan.
Method:
Get all the ingredients ready and grease base and sides of a square pan with ghee. Pulse the grated coconut in a blender for a few seconds. Heat a heavy bottomed pan and mix the sugar and water until the sugar is dissolved. Continue boiling the sugar syrup for about 15 minutes in medium to med-high flame. Have a bowl of cold water by the side. After 15 minutes of boiling the syrup put about a drop of it to the bowl of water. If the syrup dissolves in the water continue the boil. Check with water drop method once every 2 minutes to see if the dropped sugar syrup can be made to a soft ball. At this stage add the coconut and mix well. Continue cooking in medium heat. Take caution as the mix splatters at this stage. After about 5 mins add the maida, it helps thickening of the burfi and gives the bright white color. Keep folding and stirring until it comes together. Add the cardamom powder and ghee and keep stirring till it becomes a big mass. Pour it to the greased pan and smoothen and spread the top based on desired thickness. Allow it to set for about 15 mins and cut into desired shapes. Cool completely and store in air-tight box for a couple of days. Can be stored for a week in the refrigerator.
Note: Freshly grated white part of the coconut is preferred, but frozen works perfectly fine. I used frozen 340g bag which I thawed to room temperature and measured to about 3 1/2 cups. Reduce the sugar by couple of tablespoons if you want it subtly sweetened.
I am sending this scrumptious sinful sweet delight to
Diwali Special - Sweets & Savories event by Radhika

Serve It - Festival Potluck event by me & Denny
Healing Foods - Coconut event by Siri & Sukanya
Only Sweets & Desserts event by Pari & Gayathri
My Diwali My way event by Khushi
Diwali - Festival of Lights event by Anu.

32 comments:

  1. Wish you and your family and blessed and a happy Diwali. Warm Regards Susan

    ReplyDelete
  2. I was eagerly waiting for what Diwali sweet u wud be posting today :) Burfi looks very yummy !

    ReplyDelete
  3. burfi looks yum...my all time fav.Wisu and ur family a happy and joyful Diwali.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Happy diwali to u tooo...burfi looks super delicious....

    ReplyDelete
  5. happy diwali...burfi luks ujala white and i am drooling for the chewy coconut bites..

    ReplyDelete
  6. Happy diwali to all that celebrate.And this coconut slices ..divine just what I would like;)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Very tempting clicks dear. Bookmarked.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Looks yummy. Beautiful colour. I make it slightly different. Must try this way also.

    Happy Diwali and a Prosperous New Year!
    I am hosting a new event which I am calling Back to our Roots. Do check out my event and send me your entries from 15/10/11 to 30/11/11.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Such an Amazing Beauty.Luvly delicious coconut slices.Luv it.YUMMM.Wish U a Happy and Delicious Diwali.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Wish you and your family a very happy and prosperous Diwali.
    coconut fudge looks fabulous, yummy and mouth watering.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Aver Happy Deepavali to you and your family..:)
    Burfi looks super delicious..:)
    Reva

    ReplyDelete
  12. Happy Diwali to you too!!
    Burfi looks delicious n yummy!!

    ReplyDelete
  13. Happy Diwali Krithi.. coconut fudge looks great

    ReplyDelete
  14. Wish you and your family a very happy and prosperous Diwali. Coconut Fudze is a perfect sweet for diwali.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Voilà une gourmandise bien délicate et exotique comme je les aime
    Je te souhaite une belle soirée
    Valérie

    ReplyDelete
  16. Happy Diwali Kirthi and these burfis are perfect for the occasion.

    ReplyDelete
  17. looks so festive, luv the pure white color u got on the barfi. Happy Diwali!

    ReplyDelete
  18. Happy Diwali !! Perfectly made burfi's !! very tempting and YUM !!

    Ongoing Event - Festive Food

    ReplyDelete
  19. looks yummy
    & Wish you a Happy Diwali!!

    ReplyDelete
  20. Superb one Krithi. Wishes to u and ur family.

    ReplyDelete
  21. that looks like blocks of vanila spiked snow!Hope u had wonderful celebrations!

    ReplyDelete
  22. this is my kind of burfi! almost vegan!pinning this burfi to try soon.
    Richa @ Hobby And More Food Blog

    ReplyDelete
  23. Woww burfi looks super prefect and excellent Krithi..

    ReplyDelete
  24. perfect coconut burfis...Too tempting..

    http://www.panchamrutham.blogspot.com/

    ReplyDelete
  25. good choice, krithi - I was planning that too except ended up trying something different - Looks Fab - hope your deepavali was a blast
    http://priyasnowserving.blogspot.com/search/label/Blog%20Anniversary%20Giveaways%20on%20going

    ReplyDelete
  26. Coconut burfi looks so good I am book marking this.

    ReplyDelete
  27. Cannot be any better looks super yumm

    ReplyDelete
  28. Coconut burfi looks perfect. Belated Diwali wishes. And thanks for correcting me about the measurement. have made the change in my blog.

    ReplyDelete
  29. Hi Krithi, Wishing you & yr family a very happy Diwali..yummy burfi...great clicks..

    ReplyDelete
  30. Buri looks superb...feel to grab some..

    ReplyDelete

  31. Interesting blog. It would be great if you can provide more details about it. Thanks you
    Badam Barfi Diwali Sweets

    ReplyDelete

Do leave your valuable comments here!
I appreciate any critical comment which helps improve my posts, although inappropriate and rude comments will not be published.