Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Besan Barfi Recipe | Besan Ki Burfi Mithai is a vegetarian Indian sweet made with ghee, besan, and mawa in about 50 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 40 minutes
- Total time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 30 pieces
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup ghee
- 2 cup besan
- 1 cup mawa
- 1½ cup sugar
- ¾ cup water
- pinch saffron food colour
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
Method
- Firstly, in a pan heat 1 cup ghee and 2 cup besan.
- Roast until the besan turns golden brown and aromatic. Keep roasting on low flame for atleast 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, the besan turns golden brown.
- Add 1 cup mawa and cook well.
- Cook until the ghee is released from the mixture. Keep aside.
- In a large kadai take 1½ cup sugar and ¾ cup water.
- Boil the sugar to get 1 string consistency.
- Add few kesar food colour for enhanced colour and ½ tsp cardamom powder for flavour.
- Further, add the prepared besan mawa mixture and mix well.
- Keeping the flame on low, continuously stir until the mixture turns silky smooth consistency.
- Transfer the burfi mixture to the tray lined with baking paper.
- Top with 2 tbsp pistachios and rest for 1 hour.
- Now cut into pieces and enjoy.
- Finally, Besan Burfi Recipe is ready to enjoy for a month when refrigerated.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
