Maida Burfi

I like to make sweets which uses minimal ingredients and can be made previous days for the occasion...I have tried this recipe long back and failed... the key factor to success is in one string consistency of sugar... if that is right... according to me, whatever you add...should come out like burfis...;)

Ummm...Chocolate burfi... taste of chocolate and Ghee.. combination impresses any one:)

INGREDIENTS:
Makes about:25
1/2 cup Ghee
1 cup Maida

1 cup Water
2 cups Sugar

1/2 teaspoon Vanilla essence
Food colour of your choice (optional)

PROCEDURE:
1. Keep ready a tray well greased.
2. Heat ghee in a pan until hot. When you add a pinch of flour, it should get fried immediately. Add the flour and fry briskly. May be for a minute to get rid of raw smell. Switch off the flame. The flour should be mixed well with the ghee.
3. In a heavy bottomed pan, add sugar and water. Boil until one string consistency.
4. Switch off the flame, add the fried maida. Mix well to a smooth paste. Add the vanilla essence. Keep stirring for 5 minutes.
5. Pour in a greased plate. Let it set for a while and then cut into desired shape with a knife. Invert and tap gently over another tray to get the pieces separately.

NOTES:
1. The original recipe is here - Rakskitchen
2. It is very important to get one string consistency. Double ensure that it has reached one string consistency. (If you check by swiping the back of the ladle with your fore finger and check in between thumb and forefinger, a string will from).
3. If your sugar syrup is past one string consistency, the mixture gets thick fast, so the time depends on the syrup consistency. If syrup has not reached one string consistency then it will never get thick.
4. Here I mixed 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder with maida to get chocolate burfi.