Ingredients
15 oz. ricotta cheese
15 oz. sugar
2 cups coconut (dry, found in indian stores)
15 oz. powdered milk (carnation)
one-half cup melted butter or ghee
one-fourth teaspoon cardamom powder
2 drops food coloring (green or yellow)
Method
Place ricotta cheese in a sauce pan and heat over medium heat.
Keep stirring until the cheese turns into a light brown color (about 10-15 minutes).
Add sugar and keep stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved (about 10 minutes).
Add coconut and let the mixture until it becomes thick (about 15-20 minutes).
Keep stirring all the while. Add the milk powder and mix it well – at the same time, also add a small of the ghee.
When you end adding all the ghee and milk powder, add the powdered cardamom and
the food coloring.
When the mixture is well incorporated and thick, remove it from heat.
The mixture is ready when it starts leaving the sides of the sauce pan.
Pour the mixture into a greased pan. Cool and cut into small pieces.
This burfi cooks in a small time and is very simple to make since all the Ingredients are
easily found in an Indian home.