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Kaju Pista Badam Kesar Burfi

Too much of a good thing can be delicious, you will discover when you bite into this saffron-flavoured mithai laden with dried fruit.

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Kaju Pista Badam Kesar Burfi
Main Ingredients Cashewnuts, Pistachios
Cuisine Indian
Course Mithais
Prep Time 21-25 minutes
Cook time 11-15 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Sweet
Level of Cooking Difficult
Others Veg

Ingredients list for Kaju Pista Badam Kesar Burfi

  • 10 Cashewnuts coarsely ground
  • 10 Pistachios coarsely ground
  • 10 Almonds coarsely ground
  • a few strands Saffron (kesar)
  • 2 cups + 1 tablespoon Khoya/mawa
  • 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Liquid glucose
  • for greasing Ghee

Method

  1. Soak the saffron in one tablespoon of warm water and set aside.
  2. Heat a non-stick pan. Add the khoya, sugar and glucose, and cook for fifteen minutes, or till the khoya leaves the sides of the pan.
    Remove from the heat and divide into four portions.
  3. Add the cashew nuts to one portion, almonds to the second portion, pistachios to the third portion and saffron to the fourth. Mix each portion well.
  4. Grease a 2-inch deep, six-inch square aluminium tray with a little ghee. Divide each portion of burfi again into three portions and shape each one into a cylinder.
  5. Starting from left to right first, lay a cylinder each of cashew nut, almond, pistachio and saffron burfi. Starting from left to right again, place a cylinder each of saffron, pistachio, almond and cashew nut burfi over the first layer. Place another laye
  6. Repeat with a layer of the burfi in the order of the first layer.
  7. Gently tap the tray on the tabletop and leave to set.
  8. Cut into squares and serve.

    Makes 440 grams

Nutrition Info

Calories 2200
Carbohydrates 214.8
Protein 79.6
Fat 113.3
Other Fiber Calcium- 3674mg
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