Chocolate Flavoured 7 Cup Burfi Recipe

As the name suggests Chocolate Flavoured 7 Cup Burfi is made using 7 cups of ingredients. This traditional sweet is simple to make but is quite laborious and requires a lot of patience and arm strength. The recipe for this burfi may vary from household to household, with everyone adapting to their taste and availability of ingredients. Course : Dessert Ingridients : 1 cup Gram flour (besan) 1-3/4 cup Sugar , (you can use 2 cups if you like it very sweet) 1 cup Ghee 1 cup Milk 1 cup Fresh coconut 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder 1/2 cup Cashew nuts , powdered Cashew nuts , Handful for decoration Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds , crushed or cinnamon powder for flavour (optional) Instructions To begin making the Chocolate 7 Cup Burfi recipe, first grease a baking pan or a steel plate with ghee.Mix all the ingredients in a large non stick pan/ wok and place it on medium heat.Stir to mix all the ingredients together. Remove lumps if any using the back of the spoon.Cook the mixture on low to medium flame, stirring continuously.Cook till the mixture thickens and comes together as one mass (about 25-30 minutes).Take out the mixture into the greased plate and press with the back of the spoon or use a foil to spread it uniformly and level the surface.With a sharp knife etch square or diamond shapes in the mixture.Place cashew nuts halves or pieces in the centre of each piece and press.Cool completely and then cut into pieces.Store in an airtight container. Refrigerate if keeping for a longer duration.Serve Chocolate Flavoured 7 Cup Burfi as a dessert after a simple and delicious meal of South Indian Style Vegetable Kurma, Steamed Rice and Elai Vadam.