Maida Burfi/Maida Cake - Easy Diwali Sweets

Here is my next sweet for this Diwali. This is really a very easy and simple sweet and get ready very quickly. There was a time a my mother used to prepare this sweet every year for Diwali. This was also one of the first sweets I learnt to prepare.  I like to prepare it with the Vanilla essence but you can add even pineapple essence. I have not tried any other flavours. You can add any food color of your choice. I prefer not to add food color. So do try this really easy yet delicious burfi this Diwali.

Yeild – 14 to 15 medium sized pieces

What you'll need

1. Maida/All Purpose Flour – ¾ cup
2. Sugar – 1 cup
3. Ghee, melted  – ¼ cup
4. Vanilla Essence – few drops

Method

1. Grease a tray with ghee and set aside.
2. In a Kadai, add the ghee, once ghee is hot, and maida and fry the maida on medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes or until the raw smell of the flour disappears. Take care not to burn the maida. Keep aside.
3. Heat a non stick kadai, add the sugar with ¼ cup water and dissolve the sugar. Heat the sugar syrup until the syrup reaches one string consistency. To test consistency, take a drop of the syrup in between your thumb and index finger and gently bring the fingers apart, you should see a single thread of sugar syrup.
4. Now, switch off the flame/heat add the essence to the syrup.
5. Add the fried maida and keep stirring. Keep stirring continuously till the whole mixture comes together as a mass/ball, took me about 5 minutes.
6. Transfer to a greased plate and flatten the top with a butter paper of with the greased bottom of a flat cup like davara.
7. Let cool for couple of minutes and then mark the pieces with a  sharp knife.
8. Cool and remove pieces and store in airtight container.

Notes:

1. I added Vanila essence and did not add any color. But you can add any food color of your choice, like yellow color and also change the essence to pineapple or a flavour of your choice. But my personal favourite is Vanilla.
2. Mix continuously till the mixture leaves the sides of the kadai and comes together as a mass/ball.