
This is a quick and easy sweets that can be made with available ingredients at home.. And it is also a famous burfi found in most of South Indian weddings those day..You can make this burfi with single layer with your own coloring or leave it white..And can top it with tutti fruity or with sliced almonds.. Do make this for coming Diwali and surprise your family and friends ...
Preparation time: less than 5 minutes
Cooking time: 40 ~ 50 minutes
yield : 40 ~ 50 nos depends on size and shape
Recipe Source: sarasyummyrecipes.com
Ingredients:
1 cup milk powder
1 cup maida / all purpose flour
2 cup sugar
1 tsp cardamom powder
½ cup ghee
A pinch of salt
A pinch of edible green colour for first layer..
1 tbsp cocoa powder for second layer

Method:
1. Heat ghee in a heavy bottom pan or in a non stick pan. Fry maida/ all purpose flour till it slightly changes it colour with nice aroma.
![]() |
| Fry Maida in ghee |
2. Transfer fried flour to a mixing bowl and allow it to cool.
3. Mix milk powder with maida with out any lumps and keep it aside till use. Divide the mixture in two.
![]() |
| Milk powder and maida |
![]() |
| Divide the flour mixture in to two |
For Green Colour burfi
4. Heat 1 cup of sugar and ½ cup of water in a heavy bottom pan with pinch of green color. Stir till sugar dissolves and boil syrup till it reaches one string consistency or candy thermometer shows 235 degree F.



5. Turn off the heat and immediately add one part of divided flour mixture, A pinch of salt and cardamom powder. and mix thoroughly till it become as a batter consistency and pour it immediately in a greased plate.

For Brown colour burfi:
6. Mix remaining portion of flour mixture with 1 tbsp of cocoa powder and Prepare the sugar syrup as given in step 4 & follow step 5. Pour the batter on the cooled green burfi and cut the batter it to desire shape.





![]() |
| I used small cutting board to flatten the batter |

Note: After adding flour to sugar syrup, you should be very fast in mixing and layering on the grease plate or it will be solidify quickly in bowl it self...

Maida Burfi / Two colour maida BurfiPreparation time: less than 5 minutesCooking time: 40 ~ 50 minutes
yield : 40 ~ 50 nos depends on size and shapeRecipe Source: sarasyummyrecipes.comIngredients:1 cup milk powder1 cup maida / all purpose flour2 cup sugar1 tsp cardamom powder½ cup gheeA pinch of saltA pinch of edible green color for first layer..1 tbsp. cocoa powder for second layerMethod:1. Heat ghee in a heavy bottom pan or in a non stick pan. Fry maida/ all purpose flour till it slightly changes it colour with nice aroma.2. Transfer fried flour to a mixing bowl and allow it to cool.3. Mix milk powder with maida with out any lumps and keep it aside till use. Divide the mixture in two.For Green Colour burfi4. Heat 1 cup of sugar and ½ cup of water in a heavy bottom pan with pinch of green color. Stir till sugar dissolves and boil syrup till it reaches one string consistency or candy thermometer shows 235 degree F.5. Turn off the heat and immediately add one part of divided flour mixture, A pinch of salt and cardamom powder. and mix thoroughly till it become as a batter consistency and pour it immediately in a greased plate.For Brown colour burfi:6. Mix remaining portion of flour mixture with 1 tbsp of cocoa powder and Prepare the sugar syrup as given in step 4 & follow step 5. Pour the batter on the cooled green burfi and cut the batter it to desire shape.Note: After adding flour to sugar syrup, you should be very fast in mixing and layering on the grease plate or it will be solidify quickly in bowl it self...www.sarasyummyrecipes.com
Sending this to Friendship 5 series hosted by Savitha and Geetha Achal..
And also to Festival recipe event started by Zesty South Indian Kitchen and hosted by Mayuri's Jikoni


















Great pictorial saras
Same pinch.i posted the same today
Delicious and colorful looking burfis. Wonderfully prepared.
Deepa
yumm.. nice diwali sweet
m a huge fan of tis maida birfi it was a custom in brahmin weddings long ago .. now missing these.. yummy preperation
love the colour combination...brown and green. Barfis looks yummy. You can link the post to the diwali event I am hosting. Thanks.
love the double colour of the barfi. Thank you linking it to the diwali event.