Sweet Cashew Burfi

Ingredients

 2 cups Cashew Nuts (soaked in water for 2 hours)

1 cup Powdered Sugar

1 tbsp Ghee

1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder

Silver Foil (optional)



Procedure

 Grind and blend the cashews to a fine paste. Use as little water as possible when blending.
 
Now in a saucepan make syrup with sugar and water and Cook on slow to medium heat.

Cook stirring continuously till a soft lump is formed. Add ghee and cardamom powder and mix well

 Remove from heat on to a smooth surface and roll out (thin) quickly with a rolling pin.

 Cut into squares/diamond shapes.

Sweet Boonthi(Instant Recipe)

Ingredients:     
             
4 tsp Cardamom Powder
 6-8 Almonds (chopped)
1 cup Gram Flour(kadalai maavu)
 1/2 cups Sugar
 1 cup Water
 Ghee or Oil to deep fry

Procedure

 To make sugar syrup, first boil the sugar and water together in a vessel. Once sugar is 
 dissolved completely and the syrup becomes a little sticky, put off the flame and keep aside.its half stick patham

 Take gram flour in a vessel and occasionally add water to it. Make sure that the batter doesn't get too thin.so only its possible to prepare boonthi

 Now heat ghee or oil in a pan, hold a perforated spoon(dotted spoon or kannu karandi) a little above the hot ghee and pour some batter on the spoon.

 Tap very lightly at edge of spoon to allow small droplets to fall in the ghee. Pour back remaining batter and wipe spoon.


Stir the boondis in the ghee gently and fry till crisp but not brown.

Now take out the boondi and drain off the excess oil.

 Now put the boondi in the sugar syrup. Keep it for 3-4 minutes before taking out from the syrup.

Now spread the boondis on a wide plate; add cardamom powder, almonds and mix gently.

Allow to cool completely and loosen the boondi with finger till each droplet separates.

Boondi can be eaten fresh, or can be stored in an airtight container.