Burfi (Indian sweet meat)
Richard Fletcher
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Ethnic:
Indian
Main Ingredient:
Pistachios
Categories:
Dessert
Meal Type:
Dessert
Food Type:
Vegetarian
Level:Easy
Servings:
4
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I first had this dessert in India in the early seventies. They would serve this dish with real silver or gold sheets on top of the dessert. Being a teenager I was wowed by the looks and taste. |
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup ghee
- 1 1/4 cups sugar or 4 tablespoons stevia
- 1 cup whole milk
- 3 1/2 cups powdered milk
- 1 cup chopped pistachios
Recipe
Melt ghee in frying pan. Add sugar and mix. Add whole milk and bring to a boil on medium heat.
Lower heat, and then add powdered milk gradually to stir out lumps. Take off stove and beat with electric mixer. Adds most of the nuts. Spread on cookie sheet. Press rest of chopped pistachios into top. Refrigerate.
When hard cut into diamond shapes or squares.
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 1 Burfi (Indian sweet meat) Servings Per Batch 4 | |
| Amount Per Serving | |
| Calories820 | Calories from Fat 2 |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 56g | 87% |
| Saturated Fat 28g | 140% |
| Monounsaturated Fat 18g | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat 6g | |
| Trans Fat 1g | |
| Cholesterol 116g | 39% |
| Sodium 110mg | 5% |
| Potassium 648mg | 19% |
| Total Carbohydrate 70g | 23% |
| Dietary Fiber 3g | 13% |
| Sugars 65g | |
| Protein 14g | 29% |
| Vitamin A | 32% |
| Vitamin C | 3% |
| Calcium | 32% |
| Iron | 1% |
| * The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA. | |