Paneer Burfi

May 24th, 2008 filed under Desserts
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Paneer Burfi is great to serve with tea or coffee, or as a dessert with any meal.

Makes about 25 pieces.

Paneer Burfi

Ingredients:

  • Paneer with 1/2 gallon or 8 cups of milk
  • 2 slices of white bread
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 6 green cardamoms coarsely grounded
  • 1/4 cup sliced almonds
  • 1/2 teaspoon of butter to grease the baking pan

Method:

  1. Check the recipe for paneer and make the paneer with whole milk or 4% milk.
  2. Pre heat the oven on 275 degrees.
  3. Grease the 8″ by 8″ baking pan keep aside.
  4. Remove the crust from all side of bread.
  5. In food processor put the bread and make breadcrumb add paneer and sugar mix it well now add cardamom and half the sliced almonds and mix just for few seconds.
  6. Mixture should be moist, if it appears to be dry add 2-3 spoons of milk.
  7. Put the mix in baking dish spread evenly and spread rest of the almonds evenly. Cover with the foil.
  8. Burfee should take about 30 minutes but check after about 20 minutes like you will check the cake putting the knife. Knife should come out clean. After burfee is ready leave it cover for about fifteen minutes so burfee remain moist with the steam.
  9. After paneer burfee comes to the room temperature cut them into your desired size and shapes.

Variations:

  1. Add 2 tablespoons of coconut powder in the mixture while mix is still in food processor.
  2. You can flavor the burfee with saffron adding about 6 strand of saffron in the mixture.
  3. Saffron will give nice color and add to the taste.

43 Responses to “Paneer Burfi”

  1. Manjula says:

    Dear manjula,
    This is manjula from srilanka. I saw your cookery recipes in your website.
    Can you publish cake varities in your website? Your recipes were useful to us. Please Kindly consider my wish. Thank you. God bless you.

  2. Meenal. says:

    Hello Manjula ji,can i make this burfi with homemade paneer which is made before 3 days n stored in refrigerator..? Or do i need to use fresh paneer for this recipie..Also i wanted to know if i can make Sandesh recipie with such paneer .Pls advice.

  3. Marie says:

    Hello Manjula!
    Thank you for your delicious recipes. You make the food seem very easy to cook and now I can prepare Indian food for my Indian friends.

  4. Meghana says:

    Thanks Manjulaji for this great recipe. I tried it and my family and friends loved the burfi. Its an easy recipe and tastes so good.
    Meghana

  5. amrita says:

    hi aunty

    can we make this sweet if we dont have oven in home plz reply

  6. manisha says:

    namaste manjula ji what can we use instead of bread

  7. deepa says:

    i have a doubt that can i make paneerburfi with store bought paneer?
    please reply.Thankyou.

  8. yojana says:

    Hi manjulaji
    This recipe looks really good.. but i do not have a food processor,.. Can I use a normal mixer/blender for this sweet.. Please let me know as i wnat to make this dish…

    regards
    yojana

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