Maida Burfi is a popular Indian dessert made from maida flour, ghee, sugar, and cardamom. It has a rich, melt-in-your-mouth texture with a hint of cardamom flavor. This sweet treat is often enjoyed during special occasions and festivals in India, such as Diwali and weddings. Making maida burfi requires patience and precision, as the mixture needs to be cooked to just the right consistency to achieve the perfect texture. Whether served as a festive treat or enjoyed as a simple indulgence, maida burfi is sure to satisfy any sweet tooth.
Note: With the below recipe, instead of kesar colour and cardamom, we can add different food colour and food essence and make the following Burfies:
| Orange Burfi | Orange colour and orange flavour |
| Rose Burfi | Pink colour and Rose essence |
| Lemon Burfi | Yellow colour and lemon essence |
| Pista Burfi | Green colour and kevra essence |
| Vanila Burfi | No colour – only vanila essence |
Maida Burfi
10
servings15
minutes30
minutesIndulge in the rich and flavorful world of Maida Burfi – a traditional Indian dessert perfect for special occasions like Diwali and weddings.
Ingredients
Maida (Plain) flour – 1 cup
Milk Powder – 1/2 cup
Sugar – 2 cups
Ghee – 1/2 cup
Cardamon powder – 1 teaspoon
Kesar Colour – a pinch
Directions
- In a kadai, heat a small amount of ghee and sauté the maida until it emits a pleasant aroma.
- In a separate vessel, combine 1 cup of water with sugar to prepare a one-string consistency syrup.
- Mix in the fried maida and milk powder thoroughly. Continue stirring and gradually add the remaining ghee. Cook until the mixture starts to pull away from the sides of the vessel.
- Stir in the cardamom powder and Kesar color. Once mixed, pour the mixture onto a greased plate to cool.
- After cooling, cut it into your preferred shapes.
Hi Kamala…Your recipes are too good. Can u please tell me thick syrup means what? confirm if it is one string or two string consistency..Thanks, anu
Can u please tell me thick syrup means what? confirm if it is one string or two string consistency for maida burfi..
Hi AnuSash,
It is one string consistency.
Thanks Kamala:)
HI,
CAN I USE BADAM KHEER FLAVOUR ESEENCE FOR MAIDA BURFI???
RAJI.
Hi Raji,
Yes. You can use Badam Kheer Flavour for Maida Bufi.
HI,
MANY THANKS FOR YOUR PROMPT REPLY.
RAJI.
i love ur recepes,especially wheat halwa,thanx
hi i hav also tried ur chutnys,it tastes yummmy
Thank you.
hi
i want to know how do v prepare boondi@hme sweet as well as karam,can v make it with chana daal, fry well n powder it ???????plz tell me na
Hi Mrs Amin,
Both sweet and kara boondi is made from besan flour (channa dhal powder) which is sold in shops. You can buy readymade powder or you can send the chana dhal to Flour Mill and make the flour. However frying the dhal and making powder will not be as good as the fine powder we get it in the market.
Hello Kamala akka,
could you please be more specific as to how long the maida should initially be fried in ghee to get it to that aromatic stage. I am looking for a rough estimate. Thank you very much.
Hi Jovita,
This is also same like besan burfi. Initial frying will take approx 5 to 6 minutes and to reach the burfi stage it will take approx 30 minutes.
Hi Kamala, i found ur receipes too good and also tried few of them. i just love ur site. can u pls tell for maida barfi is it ok making by without milk powder does it taste good or is it compulsory….
Hi Sneha,
Thank you for your kind words. You can prepare Maida Burfi without milk powder too. The purpose of adding milk powder is to get taste like Milk sweets.
Hello madam,
Can you please give me the measurements, if incase I want to use milk instead of milk powder.
You can use a cup of milk, but you have to cook it for slightly longer time to get the desired consistency.