7-Cup Cake

This is a very common barfi made by South Indian during Diwali. There are a lot of variations to this but I found this recipe (below) to be the best. An important secret for this recipe is to use the same cup for all the ingredients.

Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup Besan

• 1 cup Milk

• 2 cups Sugar

• 1 cup Ghee

• 1 cup Almond powder*

• 1 cup Fresh grated coconut

• 2 tsps Cardamom powder

Instructions

1. In a thick non stick bottom pan dry roast gram flour for 5-7 minutes till you see it becoming lighter

2. Add all the other ingredients except the cardamom powder and start cooking – keep stirring continuously on medium flame (this will take at least an hour)

3. You will slowly start feeling the mixture getting thicker and harder to stir

4. Keep cooking till you start seeing the mixture leaving the bottom of the pan and you are able to scrap the sides of the pan easily

5. Sprinkle cardamom powder and mix well

6. Pour this mixture in a greased tray and let it cool

7. Once warm, cut into squares

Notes

* Almond powder: soak 3/4 cup almonds in hot boiling water for half an hour, remove the skin and dry toast it in a pan till it is dry. Powder this in a blender. You should get 1 cup.