Looking for quick and easy burfi recipes for Diwali? Here is a delicious collection of 16 popular Indian burfi varieties with step-by-step photos and tips to make perfect melt-in-mouth sweets at home.
Here is a collection of popular Indian sweet recipe named barfi / Burfi. Barfi, Barfee, Burfi or borfi is basically a milk based sweet of India. Barfi is a derivative of Persian word Barf which means ‘snow’. As the name suggests, burfi has a cool, melt in mouth texture.
Plain white barfi is prepared with milk powder and sugar. It is cooked until the mixture solidifies and it is allowed to set for few hours to make perfect shapes. It can be cut into square, rectangle or diamond shapes. Some of the popular burfi varieties are besan burfi, Mawa barfi / Khoya burfi, Kaju burfi, Almond burfi, Pista barfi, coconut burfi and Peanut burfi.
In this post, I have shared the different types of burfi recipes in my blog under one page for easy reference. As Diwali festival is coming up, you must be making at least one burfi recipe in your sweets list. I hope this collection of barfi recipes would be helpful to choose and try one.
Making and troubleshooting burfi recipes is hassle free. Even a beginner can make it easily. In each recipe, I have shared all the tips and tricks to make a perfect burfi even if you are a first timer in making sweets. Ok, let’s see the burfi varieties | 16 types of burfi recipes below.
Easy & Delicious Burfi Recipes for Diwali
1. Maida Burfi / Maida Barfi Without Milk Powder (Maida Cake)
This is our popular Tamil Nadu bakery style maida cake recipe made with simple ingredients like maida, sugar and ghee. It melts in your mouth and you can make it easily without any milk powder or condensed milk!
2. Maida Burfi With Milk Powder
Adding a little milk powder makes this maida burfi taste super rich like mawa sweet. It sets very quickly and you can cut them into neat squares for Diwali gifting.
3. Cashew Badam Burfi
A delicious combination of almonds and cashews cooked in sugar syrup with a hint of cardamom. It gives the richness of badam katli and the smooth texture of kaju katli in one bite!
4. Almond Barfi / Badam Burfi
Made with soaked, peeled almonds and flavored with saffron, this rich badam burfi has a wonderful fudge-like texture. It is one of the most loved traditional sweets for Diwali.
5. Easy Kalakand With Condensed Milk
If you are looking for a quick Diwali sweet, this instant kalakand can be made in just 15 minutes using paneer and condensed milk. It turns out soft, juicy and grainy just like halwai shops.
6. Instant Doodh Peda / Milk Powder Burfi
An easy 10-minute sweet recipe made using milk powder, milk and ghee. You can shape them into round pedas or set it in a tray and slice like milk burfi.
7. Coconut Barfi / Thengai Burfi
A classic South Indian festival sweet made with freshly grated coconut and sugar. In this recipe, I have shared the exact sugar syrup stage so your burfi turns out soft and sets perfectly.
8. Seven Cup Cake / Seven Cup Burfi
One of the easiest sweets for beginners! You just need to measure 7 cups of ingredients like besan, coconut, sugar, milk and ghee, mix and cook without worrying about any sugar syrup consistency.
9. Chocolate Khoya Burfi
A double layer sweet with a plain mawa layer at the bottom and a chocolate layer on top. Kids will love this chocolate burfi and it looks so attractive on your Diwali sweets platter.
10. Kesar Burfi With Milk Powder
A quick one-pot sweet made with milk powder and infused with natural saffron. It has a lovely golden color and rich aroma, ready in under 20 minutes.
11. Kaju Katli / Cashew Burfi
Everyone’s favorite Diwali sweet! I have shared all the tips to grind cashews without making them oily and cook to the right consistency so you can roll thin, diamond-shaped kaju katli at home.
12. Dates and Nuts Roll / Khajur Katri
A healthy, sugar-free sweet made with soft dates, mixed nuts and a hint of cardamom. It is very easy to make and a great guilt-free treat for festivals.
13. 90’s Kids Shop Style Burfi / Halkova
This petty shop style white maida halkova will bring back your school day memories. Made with roasted maida, powdered sugar and ghee, it just dissolves in your mouth!
14. Coconut Khoya Burfi
Fresh coconut combined with unsweetened mawa makes this burfi moist, rich and flavorful. It stays soft for days and is great to share with friends and family.
15. Microwave Mysore Pak
If you are scared of making traditional mysore pak, try this 3-minute microwave method! It is completely hassle-free and perfect for beginners to try this Diwali.
16. Soft Mysore Pak
For more traditional festive ideas, check out my complete collection of South Indian Diwali Sweets and Snacks Recipes.
The famous Sri Krishna Sweets style melt-in-mouth ghee mysore pak. I have shared step-by-step pictures and all the tricks to get that soft, porous texture at home.
Hope you will love this collection. Please share your feedback if you try any!
