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Recipe > Pista Burfi (A Diwali Sweet)

Ingredients

400 gms Pistachios (kernels removed)

250 gms Sugar

Water (for sugar syrup) as required

7-8 leaves Edible Silver foil (varakh)

Pista Burfi

Method

Blanch the pistachios in boiling water. Drain and remove the peels.
Make a coarse paste of the blanched and peeled pistachios in a mixer-grinder, without using any water. Remove and keep aside.
Make a sugar syrup of two-string consistency.
In a kadai, mix together the pistachio paste and the sugar syrup, and with the help of a wooden spatula, keep on stirring the mixture till it leaves the sides of the kadai and forms a ball. (take care not to burn the mixture).
Pour the mixture over a flat wooden surface, and evenly cut with a spatula to the desired thickness.
Spread out the silver foil (varakh), and cut into square shapes with a sharp knife. Remove when cooled.