1 kg sugar
2 litres milk
500 g mawa
100 g almonds
100 g grated coconut
25 g ghee or butter

Almond Burfi

1. Soak almonds in a little water. Remove the skin and grind them to a paste.
2. Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pan. Add almond paste and keep stirring till golden in colour.
3. Add milk, mawa and sugar and keep stirring till the mixture is thick.
4. Grease a plate and spread a little grated coconut on it.
5. Spread the almond-mawa mixture over it with a rolling pin. Spread the remaining grated coconut over it.
6. Gently press down the mixture. When cool, cut into diamond shaped pieces like barfi.