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Pistachio Burfi
When Rajesh & I were newly weds, he would look at me like I was crazy when I would narrate incidents of what dishes I ate on a certain day, when I was 10 at so & so’s house. I can remember what amma cooked for me on special occasions. Pista burfi is one such sweet that I had at a friend’s place for Diwali and I came home and was mad at amma that she has never made them for me. I was really upset that I had lost so many years of my life not tasting pista burfi 
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I taught this sweet recently at class and my niece V was here at that time. She and Rajesh enjoyed the sweet a lot. I made the burfi in the morning, so I can measure and write the recipe down. When I came home from work, there were a couple piece left for me.
Unsalted Pistachios – 2 cups
Milk- 2 cups
Sugar – ¾ cup
Rose water – 3 T
Ghee – 1T +1/2 tsp to grease the tray
- In a food processor, pulse the pistachios to a fine powder or use a blender to do the same.
- In a heavy bottomed pan combine the milk and sugar and cook on high heat stirring continuously until it comes to a boil.
- Then reduce the heat, and let it simmer until the milk reduces in half.
- Increase the heat to medium high and add the pistachios and ghee and start stirring continuously till you see the mixture forms into a soft ball.
- Add the rose water and give it a quick stir and transfer the burfi to a greased baking tray.
- Smoothen the top with a spatula.
- When it is cool, cut in to 1 1/4 inch squares
- Store in an air tight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. ( If it lasts for that long in your house)
hmmm looks tempting…kinda new recipe to me…thanks for sharing it!
Cool! THat green looks amazing. You must try sending it to the Green event by sunshinemom
Shankari..no wonder that burfi’s vanished very fast..will try this soon and let you know..
so what’s the difference between this and katli? i’m assuming this has milk and katli doesn’t. either way, they are yummy.
Yes Bee, you are right that is the difference.
I am reminded of my sticky pista katli… maybe i should try again and start irritating my hubby
Never had this before. Looks delicious. No wonder they vanished real quick!!!
cannot go wrong with this one. we love pistachios at home – but never tried this sweet!
Wow looks so delicious.
Would love to have them for my coffee, but from your post i know there is nothing left anymore
barfis look so delicious.. i have never tried them.
I don’t think I’ve ever had pistachio nuts. I’m curious as to the flavour.
pista burfi. u are moving to sacred territory now. burfis are a weakness.
Now that burfi has a colour that tempts me to make some.
Looks yummy…Will try it this weekend
Oooh! looks so delicious. Perfect shapes.
Burfi looks delicious.. great recipe
I have eaten and enjoyed this a lot but never made it. As for storing in the fridge, I wouldn’t need to worry about that one.:)
Looks mouth-watering, will try out sometime.
lovely pic that is
I am a big fan of sweets too
congrats on your cooking class and the interview!
I don’t know to make much sweets… well, I didn’t learn because I don’t have a sweet tooth.. But just was wondering what to make for diwali.. and found this. simple and gorgeous!
I’ll make this one.
Hi Shankari,
That looks so delicious. Can you please tell me how many burfis this measure makes? I am planning to make it for Diwali.
Subha
Hi Subha
If I remember right, we got about 40 pieces.
Cool. This will work well for me. Thanks Shankari for the prompt response.
Happy Diwali!
woooo, they look wonderful; I love pistachios and even more the dairy sweets; this looks so yummy; reducing the milk to it’s half is somewhat delicate for me , don’t have so much patience
but I’m going to try this out soon!!
and thank you for stopping to leave your review; I’ll keep the tip in mind, it’s a brilliant idea adding green apples to the poriyal, must be adding some texture to the dish!! you’ve got a delicious collection of recipes here, enjoyed your video classes of Plantain fries and the Naan; have a nice day!!
We enjoyed this burfi a lot and you can really make this with any kind of nuts you have @ home.