Barfi, barfee, borfi or burfis are dense milk-based sweets from the Indian subcontinent. The name is a derivative of the Urdu (originally Persian) word for snow - "barf". There's besan barfi made with gram flour; kaaju barfi made with cashews; Pista barfis that have ground pistachios and sing barfi which has peanuts in it. A few ingredients to make plain Barffies include powdered milk and sugar cooked until they solidify together.
Badam Burfi is nutritious sweet as its main ingredient is almond (badam). Almond is most nutritious of all nuts. You can prepare badam burfi on any special occasion or any festival and you can store them in an air-tight container for two weeks.
Soak almonds in hot water for about 1 hour. After 1 hour remove the skin of the almonds.
Now take a blender and blend almonds with milk until it becomes thick paste.
Take a pan and add ghee in it. Now add almonds paste and sugar in it.
Place the pan on stove at medium heat and stir continuously with spatula for about 8-10 mins (until it becomes like a dough). Finally add cardamoms and remove it from stove.
Take a plate and spread 1/2 tsp of ghee all over the plate. Then spread almonds mixture in a plate.
After 1 hour (when it solidifies), cut into desired shapes and garnish it with chopped almonds.
Then store them in a air tight container for two weeks.
Serve badam burfi on any special occasion or festival as a dessert.
Servings 5
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.