Easy White Burfi Recipe | Maida Ki Barfi | Plain flour Burfi Recipe

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 15 minutes
  • Total time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 8 Servings
  • Category: sweet
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • ½ cup ghee / clarified butter
  • 1 cup maida / plain flour / refined flour / all purpose flour
  • 2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • ¼ tsp cardamom powder / elachi powder
  • 2 drop orange food colour (red + yellow)
  • 2 drop green food colour

Method

  1. firstly, in a wide pan heat ½ cup ghee.
  2. once the ghee is hot add in 1 cup maida.
  3. keeping the flame on low.
  4. roast maida till it turns aromatic. approx. 2 minutes. keep aside.
  5. in another kadai take 2 cup sugar and 1 cup water.
  6. stir well and dissolve sugar.
  7. also get the sugar syrup to boil keeping the flame on medium.
  8. boil the sugar syrup till one string consistency has reached.
  9. now keeping the flame on low add in roasted maida.
  10. stir continuously, till the maida gets combined well without any lumps.
  11. add in ¼ tsp cardamom powder and mix well.
  12. cook the maida mixture till it forms a flowing consistency batter.
  13. divide the maida mixture into 3 equal parts for making 3 layers.
  14. also mix 2 drop orange food colour (red + yellow) and 2 drop of green food colour in each.
  15. spread the orange layer and flatten with a cup.
  16. further spread plain maida layer followed by green layer and flatten with a cup.
  17. allow to rest for 1 minutes or till it sets completely.
  18. now reverse and cut into square pieces.
  19. finally, serve tiranga burfi - maida burfi or store in a airtight container and enjoy for a week.

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.