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)

Method

1. Blanch the pistachios in boiling water. Drain and remove the peels.
2. Make a coarse paste of the blanched and peeled pistachios in a mixer-grinder, without using any water. Remove and keep aside.
3. Make a sugar syrup of two-string consistency.
4. In a kadhai, 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 kadhai and forms a ball. (take care not to burn the mixture).
5. Pour the mixture over a flat wooden surface, and evenly cut with a spatula to the desired thickness.
6. Spread out the silver foil (varakh), and cut into square shapes with a sharp knife. Remove when cooled.