Burfi with maida ( easy method )

Ingredients:

Ghee :-1/2 cup
Cashew nuts :-10-15
All purpose flour/maida :-3/4 cup
Sugar :-1 cup
Food color :- a pinch
Vanilla essence :-1/2 tsp ( optional )

Preparation: 

Grease a baking tray or any plate with  ghee and keep it ready.

Sieve all purpose/maida flour.

Method: 

Take a heavy bottomed tawa or non stick pan, add ghee and heat it, and fry the cashew nuts until golden brown.

In the same ghee, fry maida on low flame for 5 minutes or until the rawness of the maida goes.

Add food color, mix well and switch off the heat.

Take another pan/kadai dissolve sugar in 1/2 cup of water. Add vanilla essence. Boil sugar water until you get a one string consistency.

Now, add Maida mixture to this sugar syrup, stirring continuously. You can keep the pan on the kitchen counter and stir.

It will start thickening. When it leaves the sides of the pan, pour the maida mixture into the prepared greased tray. Grease the bottom of a flat cup and press it evenly.

When it is warm, make cuts with a knife across the burfi. Remove the pieces when it cools completely.