Paalkova ( Milk Burfi)

Ohh!!! Making paalkova or milk burfi needs really more patience. I generally love making more sweets, though my husband is not a person who likes sweets. And coming to this recipe if you plan to make it plzzzzzzzzzz be sure that you need half of your day. Though the ingredients seem to be simpler, the process of bringing it to a sweet takes nearly 3-4 hrs.For me the final result turned out to be YUMMY. My friends loved it and my husband too.As the saying "Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work".

Ingredients:
2 litres Milk
2 cups Sugar
Few fried Cashews or Almonds to decorate (Optional)
Increase or decrease the quantity as required.

Method:

1. In a heavy bottomed pan add milk and bring it to boil. Reduce the flame to medium.
2. Keep stirring the milk till the volume reduces. In my experience it takes 2-3 hrs for the volume to reduce and becomes thick.
3. The milk changes color and becomes brown.
4. Add 2 cups of sugar(or according to the sweetness you like) to the thickened milk and continue stirring for another 30 minutes.
5. The milk & sugar mixture thickens further and should not stick to the pan.
6. Swith off the stove and pour the mixture into a plate or baking sheet greased with ghee.
7. Allow them to cool completely and make balls out of it and flatten the balls into disc shapes.(You can also cut them into square shape or your desired shapes after its cooled completely)
8. if you want decorate them with fried cashews or almonds.