Barfi is a condensed milk based sweet
confectionery with its origin in India. The name is a derivative of the Persian
word ‘barf’, which denotes snow. A few of the famous kinds of barfi include gram flour barfi
, cashew nut barfi, pistachio barfi and peanut barfi. The main constituents of
barfi include condensed
milk and sugar. The ingredients are
cooked in a vessel until the mixture stiffens.
The flavour of a barfi is often
amplified with fruit flavourings such as mango
or coconut
or nuts such as cashew,
pistachio
or peanut and spices such as cardamom
or rose water.
Barfis are usually coated with a thin layer of edible
metallic leaf particularly a silver
coating. They are typically cut into square, diamond, or round shapes.
Different types of Barfi vary in their colour and texture.
The most popular spice used to flavour
this dessert is cardamom. However, depending on where it is prepared, many
different flavourings are added to this simple but popular dessert. For added
flavour and to provide a colourful contrast, often it is rolled in crushed nuts
before it is served. The confection is served in India, all year round, but
especially consumed during the holiday seasons, wedding ceremonies, and the
religious festivals. Barfi is often served at various festivities across India.
Barfi
Recipe
1. Take
a large bowl and add milk powder in it along with condensed milk. Make a stiff
dough using these ingredients. Once done, keep the dough in freezer and freeze
it for at least 20 minutes.
2. Take
the dough and grate it in a bowl. Keep this grated dough aside for further
usage. Take a deep bottomed pan, keep it on low flame and heat ghee in it.
3. Add
the grated dough to this pan with water. Mix well and stir in cardamom powder
in the pan, cook this mixture until the water dries out and the mixture
accumulates in the pan.
4. Pour
this prepared mixture in a pan and add pistachios to it. Let the mixture cool
and cut the barfi into desired shapes.
5. Garnish
it with silver coating and almonds and serve!
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