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7 Cup burfi recipe or 7 cup cake is an Indian sweet made during festival time like Diwali.
Despite the name this 7 cup burfi uses just 5 ingredients but named so, as we use 7 cup measurements of the ingredients and it closely resembles the Western version of Fudge Bars.
It is very easy to make and everything gets done in just one pan. phew… In my opinion it’s a 2 in 1 sweet as you get to enjoy both the mysore pak and the coconut burfi in this one sweet.
You can check other diwali sweets like Rava Ladoos, Kesar Sandesh, Custard powder halwa, Sojji Appam, Adhirasamand Thinai Badam Peda
In general burfi recipes like this 7 cup burfiand thismaida burfimakes a great gifting option. Usually Hubby buys gifts or sweet boxes for his colleagues but for both our close friends, it is always homemade sweets.
For the past 2 years I had been preparing the sweets and using takeaway containers, tie it with a pretty ribbon and put it in a colorful gift bag.
I had been making loads of burfi for the past few days to gift them before Diwali.
You can adjust the measurements according to your taste.
When I make for my family, 3 cups of sugar is too sweet according to my H, so I use 2 cups sugar and add ½ cup besan and ½ cup grated coconut as extra.
The ingredients are really interchangeable.
Transfer to the plate once you see large spouts appearing on the top. That is the correct consistency. If you cook more than that the burfi will be crumbly and hard.
Use fresh grated coconut and use only the white part. Normally as the sweet is rich with the aroma of ghee and coconut, no flavoring agent is used but feel free to use either cardamom or vanilla essence.
7 Cup Burfi Recipe details below:
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7 Cup Burfi Recipe – 7 Cup Cake
7 cup burfi or 7 cup cake recipe for Diwali
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Prep Time : 10 minutes mins
Cook Time : 45 minutes mins
Total Time : 55 minutes mins
Servings : 20 pieces
Course : sweets
Cuisine : Indian
Author : Radhika
Ingredients
- Kadalai Maavu or Besan - 1 cup
- Fresh grated coconut – 1 cup
- Milk – 1 cup
- Ghee - 1 cup
- Sugar – 3 cups
Instructions
Grease a 8 inch plate or tray with ghee and keep it aside. I used 4 aluminium takeaway containers, as I was giving them off as gifts. I did grease the insides with ghee.
Heat a thick bottomed pan with 1 teaspoon ghee. Add besan and roast over low flame for 2-3 minutes till you get the roasted aroma. Transfer to a plate.
In the same pan add another teaspoon of ghee. Add the grated coconut and once again roast for 2-3 mins till you get the aroma. Switch off the flame.
Now add the roasted besan, sugar and mix well. Make sure that there are no big lumps of besan. Use a balloon whisk to make it easy for you.
Add milk and mix well once again till the mixture is smooth and free of lumps.
Switch on the flame now, add ¼ cup of ghee and using a wooden spatula start stirring in a circular motion slowly.
After 10 mins, the mixture would have thickened considerably and would start letting out big bubbles. Keep stirring to prevent the mixture from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
After 20 mins the color would have also changed, now add the remaining ghee and keep mixing well.
The mixture will come together in a thick mass without sticking to sides and will move to center of the pan when you spread the mass around. This should take another 5 mins.
Transfer the burfi mass to the greased plate and tap the plate on the counter to level the top.
cup burfi is ready.
While it is still warm draw lines according to your preferred shape.
Once cooled down use a sharp knife to break them into pieces.
Store in an airtight container.
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kausalya
hi my mom made this for me for this diwali it was awesome and mouthwatering
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Mummyjis Kitchen
Will surely try this as this looks amazing.
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Authentic Indian Food
Great sweets. Looks real simple to make these Diwali sweet recipes. The deserts look great in your photos.
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Anonymous
It came out perfect Radhika. Thanks for sharing. So happy that the first time I made Burfi and it came out well. I found it too sweet for my taste. Can we reduce the sugar in the recipe? Shailu
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Kavitha @ Foodomania
We made the exact same thing for diwali!! 🙂 Looks fab!
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