Maida milk powder burfi is an easy, melt-in-the-mouth Indian sweet made with flour, milk powder and sugar without using ghee. Learn how to make this quick 3-ingredient burfi with video and step-by-step photos.
I adapted this recipe from an old magazine. Its a quick and easy to make burfi recipe. This burfi is made of milk powder and maida. I used Amul milk powder. Just a drop of ghee is used to grease the plate. As I tried this for the first time, I used minimum quantity of ingredients. It came out very well. It was so soft with nice flavor. I got 10 small pieces. Do try this easy burfi recipe for this Diwali and enjoy! Check this link for my MIL’s Maida burfi/Maida cake recipe.
Do check out my easy cashew badam burfi recipe if you try this sweet successfully. Both are done with very similar procedure and cashew burfi needs no sugar syrup consistency. Any beginner can try it :)
Quick Notes for US & Abroad Kitchens
- Milk Powder Choice: Full-fat whole milk powder (such as Nido, Peak or Amul from Indian grocery stores) yields the best creamy richness. Non-fat dry milk from local supermarkets also works, but whole milk powder gives that authentic confectionery flavor.
- Sifting Flour & Milk Powder: Always sift all-purpose flour and milk powder together before adding to the sugar syrup. Milk powder tends to form tiny dry clumps if added directly.
- Heat Control on Electric Stoves: Turn off the burner completely before stirring in the flour mixture. The residual heat stored in the heavy pan base is more than enough to cook the flour and thicken the paste without scorching.
- Setting Without Ghee: Line an 8-inch square container with parchment paper. Pour the glossy warm mixture, level with a flat spatula and score into squares while still lukewarm before it sets completely.
Maida Milk Powder Burfi Recipe (Easy Maida Burfi)
Ingredients
- ¼ cup All purpose flour / Maida (approx. 35 g / 1.2 oz)
- ¼ cup Milk powder (approx. 30 g / 1 oz, Amul or any dairy milk powder)
- ½ cup Sugar (approx. 100 g / 3.5 oz)
- ¼ cup Water (approx. 60 ml / 2 fl oz)
- ½ tsp Cardamom powder or vanilla essence
- 2 pinches Orange food color (optional)
- few drops Ghee (to grease the plate or tray)
Instructions
- In a wide bowl, take the maida and milk powder, sieve & mix well.
- In a kadai, add 1/2 cup of sugar & 1/4 cup of water. Add 2 pinches of food color and vanilla essence. Mix well and melt the sugar. Boil till one string consistency. When you take the syrup and slide between your thumb and forefinger, it forms a single string.
- Lower the flame completely and add the maida+milk powder. Mix well till it gets blended with sugar syrup. SWITCH OFF THE FIRE and remove the kadai. Stir the mixture really well for few minutes. It will start to thicken and leave the sides of pan.
- At that time, remove the mixture to a greased burfi tray or a tray lined with butter paper. Level the mixture with the base of a bowl. Mark shapes once it turns warm.
- Let it cool completely, remove pieces and store in an airtight container. This burfi stays well for a week.
Notes
- Do not mix the burfi mixture for long time after it starts to thicken. It will become crumbly. So remove it at the correct time.
- As we are using milk powder, it is not necessary to roast the maida in ghee. If you are using maida alone, then you have to roast the maida in half the quantity of ghee.
- Line the tray with parchment/butter paper to remove pieces effortlessly without needing ghee.
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Melt in mouth burfi is ready! Once again thank you all for your support and encouragement. Have a happy diwali!
For more traditional festive ideas, check out my complete collection of South Indian Diwali Sweets and Snacks Recipes.
Kind of milk barfi! Looks so simple and delicous! Congrats on ur award and wish many more!
nice colour..looks delicious..
Thanku cham and sowmya:)
Congrauts on ur award..Wish you to get more.
Burfi looks delicious..
ghee less? super! would love to try.. let me know if i can use any other ingredient instead of maida in this cake..
Cake sounds good,will try it out soon:)
Enjoy your award Chitra:)
Thanks srihari!!
Thanks mahima..No ,i dont think maida can be subsituted with any other flour.That wont taste gud:)
Thanks a lot raji:)
Wow looks yummy. Awesome color.
Congrats on your well deserved award!
Sweet gets better coz its healthy.I like the Kitchen clinic concept..very informative.
COngragulations with the award and i love the green colour.
congrtas on the award. I love the color of those cakes
What fun! The first award is really very exciting! Congratulations and wish you many many more!. Those cakes look very mysterious with the green colour! Nice and simple!
Congrats on your award…the milk barfi looks very unique and yum !
Thanku all dearies:)
Congratulations for the award!
That looks good. I imagine the taste of paal kovaa! will try it one of these days!
Congrats on your award :) The cake looks lovely, nice color…
congrats on ur award dear.
You have explained the cake / burfi procedure very well. Looks yummy.
Congrats on your award :)
The cake looks yummy, will give a try.
Congrag!! Lovely color & tempting too:)
mmm. the burfi looks so mouth-watering. congrats on the well deserved award. Wish you many more. Thanks for dropping by. Thanks for following my blog. You have a wonderful blog with many yummy recipes.
I came to pass the same award :-) Pls. check http://vibaas-world.blogspot.com/2008/02/morkuzhambu-south-indian-kadhi.html
Hi chitra ,
sweet is looking delicious.
Congrats on you award! Burfi looks delicious…
Cake looks nice, and congrats to u for ur Award..
Thanx for visiting my blog, that led me to urs wonderful blog…
Congratulations!! for the award and many more to come :0
Thanks for the visit at my blog and thanks for being the first one to follow my blog!! tumba santosha :)
Lovely burfi like cakes…yumm
Thanku all for ur lovely comments.Thanku for all new bloggers for stopping by:)
Thank you very much for your encouraging comments…..u’ve got an amazing blog,I sure can learn a lot frm you!!!
AND HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS FOR D AWARD!!
burfi looks yum!
Did u say no ghee???????????
Thats perfect! Bookmarking this post.
Congrats on the award :) wishes for lots more :)
Congratulations on your first blog award! The ingredients of this sweet remind me of a Filipino candy called polvoron which also uses milk powder, flour and sugar (although it definitely has butter).
Looks wonderful Chitra..Superb!! colorful and delish!!
thats a perfect burfi…. Loved the steps and tips…
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Congrats on your award, wonderful burfi very healthy and you have made it very nicely. beautiful clicks…
Looking good..we can make a lot of delicious dishes with Maida..loved this recipe.colorful yummy burfi.