Besan Burfi and Meme

The sunday before Diwali we had a party here and i signed up for Besan burfi since it sounded close to mysore pak. To start with, i was not in any mood to celebrate diwali this year and then that week was very hectic and to top it, there was a birthday party the evening before the diwali party. I started to make this sweet at 11 in the night!! :-O The site that i took this recipe said it was a very easy breezy recipe and the outcome looked too yummy. So, i was still confident that i will be done in 15 minutes or at the most 30 minutes. The original recipe did not call for water. It only had besan, sugar and ghee and i kept stirring thinking that it will start to become little fluid for me to transfer to the greased plate. After nearly 1 hour of painful stirring nothing happened. It was as powdery as ever. I was so sleepy, tired and was about to cry. I decided to go ahead and add some water and it was done in 5 minutes after that. Wish i had done that much earlier. When i was done with it i decided never to post this painful recipe, but it tasted so good. It was melt in the mouth kind and tasted yummy. Both my kids kept asking for more and my first kiddo said it was as good as diamond sweet (kaju katli) and my toddler dragged a stool to the counter top and started picking more from the container. I changed my mind and decided to post it anyway. Atleast i can give you a tip on how to cut down the cooking time so you don't have to go thro' the whole painful process :-) I am not going to say the original recipe was bad, but it just didn't work for me. I probably made some mistakes. Anyways, here is the recipe in my way :-)

Ingredients :

Besan (Chickpea flour) - 1 Cup
Sugar - 1Cup
Ghee - 3/4th of a cup (The original recipe called for only few spoons and i've had bad result with mysore pak with less ghee, so i increased the qty of ghee)
Cardomom powder - a pinch
Saffron - a pinch

Method :

Melt the ghee in a pan. Roast the besan in the ghee. Keep the stove between sim and med-low. Keep stirring till the raw smell goes away. Now this was my problem area too. I had cold and my nose was completely blocked. So, i took some extra time to roast it :) Also, i feel the correct procedure would have been to roast the besan in few spoons of ghee and then add the rest later.
Now add the sugar, saffron and cardomom and stir for sometime. Add 1/2 cup water and when it is of halwa consistency and leaves the pan on the sides, transfer it to a greased plate and let it cool. Cut into desired shape and enjoy the burfi melting inside your mouth :)

Note : Please increase the quantity of water if you still don't get the desired consistency.

Now, here is the meme that goes with the Kreative blogger award :

7 Things I say more often

I love you so much (both my kids love to hear this :))
Aj no..uh-oh (my toddler is faster than a lightning..before i say no, the damage is done and the uh-oh follows the no :))
Ashu, eat/drink fast ( I think, he thinks if he keeps staring at the food, the food will go into his tummy ;-))
Awesome! Good job!
Ada Rama
I'm tired (mom of 2 boys, so u can understand!)
Dudes, u r all in trouble (that includes my husband ;-))

7 things I did before

Learnt Carnatic music for 4 years.
Played Cricket for college team.
Slept a lot (I was the kumbakarni of the family and i miss those days!! )
Travelled a lot.
Worked part time (Loved it as i got the best of both worlds!)
Was a stay at home mom for 4 years.
Used to talk a lot on the phone. My dad always used to say he's happy that i didn't have a mobile phone when i was in college :)


7 Things I am doing now

Enjoying each moment i spend with my kids. They will grow up soon..so i want them to have the best childhood that they can cherish forever.
Teaching my kids good values and to take time to enjoy small things in life, no matter how busy they are/will be.
Thinking about the 6 months my parents spent here last year. Those are very special and precious memories for me.
Cleaning the house (which is a never ending vicious cycle!!)
Constantly nagging and annoying my dear husband..hehe... :)
Blogging
Working

7 Things I want to do

I want to guide my kids to grow up as well-rounded persons who follow good values and grow up to be assertive adults.
Help some developing non-profit organization at my spare time.
Visit Switzerland and Australia.
Join fashion design course or Interior decoration (Can't make up my mind yet).
Learn to bake!! (I have had more disasters than success in baking!)
Learn Karate
Learn a musical instrument - preferably mandolin.



7 things that attract about the opposite sex

Empathy
Loving
Caring
Hard working
Sense of humour
Assertiveness
Good looks ;-)


7 Favourite Food

My mom's morkazhambu with seppankizhangu roast (Colocassia)
My paati's adai
Kaju katli
Thattai
Black forest cake
Casatta (from Arun icecream)
Dahi puri from Ajnabi in chennai fountain plaza