Roasted gram barfi sweet / easy pottukadalai barfi

 INGREDIENTS;

Pottukadalai /Roasted gram dal – 1 cup /120 gm
Sugar – 1/2 cup/100gm
Ghee – 1/4 cup/50 gm
Cashews – 2 tbsp/30 gm
Milk – 1/4 cup /60 ml
Cardamom powder -11/2 tsp
Milk powder – 11/2 tbsp/15 gm

 

DIRECTIONS 

Grease a pan or any container of your choice with ghee &keep ready.
Now take a mixer add gram dal with sugar make a fine powder.

Heat up a kadai with ghee add nuts fry till golden take out.
In the same ghee keep the flame medium add powdered gram dal fry.
Add in cardamom powder & milk powder mix.
You can switch off the flame or keep the flame very low.
Add milk and mix until it forms a non sticky dough. 

Transfer to the greased plate spread add nuts press down.

Let it cool then cut to desired shapes. 

Notes

• It keeps well even for 10 more days.
• Don’t keep the flame high it should be low only to bring the contents together.
• You can avoid or add fried nuts while stirring the barfi itself.
• It may appear little fudgy when it cools it will be good.

 

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Bombay Karachi Halwa

 Ingredients

• 3 tbsp Ghee
• 2 tbsp Cashew-nuts
• 1/2 cup Cornflour
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• 1 1/2 cups Sugar
• 2 cups Water
• 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
• few drops of orange food colour (optional)

Instructions

Grease a 8x8 inch or 7x7 inch pan or any regular plate with some ghee and set aside. Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a small pan. Add in the cashew nuts and roast until it turns golden brown. Keep aside In a microwave safe bowl, combine cornflour, sugar and water until lump free. Add in the cardamom and food colouring. Mix to combine. Microwave for 6 mins, stirring every 2 minutes. After the first 6 mins, add in the roasted cashew nuts and the remaining 1 tbsp ghee. Mix to combine. Microwave for 6 minutes, stirring every 3 mins. After 6 mins remove the bowl out, give a final stir and microwave for a final 6 mins. Once done, pour into the greased tin or plate. Garnish with more nuts or seeds if preferred. Allow it to cool for 10-15 mins before slicing into squares.   

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Instant Rose Coconut Laddu

Ingredients

• 1 cup desiccated coconut
• 1/4 tin condensed milk
• 1.5 tbsp rose water
• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
• pinch of red food colour
• ghee for greasing your palms
• shredded coconut and rose petals for garnishing

Instructions In a bowl, combine together coconut, condensed milk, rose water and cardamom powder and mix until everything comes together. Grease your hands with some ghee; take small portion out of the above mixture and roll it in between your palms to make balls or laddu. Spread some coconut and rose petals onto a tray. Once all the mix is used up, roll them up in the coconut mix to coat the balls. No need to refrigerate them. The coconut laddus are ready to be served

 

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Easy Horlicks Milk Powder Burfi/Fudge

 Ingredients

• ¼ cup milk
• ¼ cup ghee
• ¼ cup sugar
• ¼ cup Horlicks
• 1 cup milk powder
• Few strands saffron
• ½ tsp cardamom powder
• 1/4 cup slivered almonds 

Instructions

Butter a baking pan or tray with ghee and keep aside.

In a deep saucepan, heat milk, ghee and sugar on medium heat until sugar melts.

Once the sugar has melted, add the rest of the ingredients: Horlicks powder, milk powder, saffron, cardamom powder and half the almonds.

Keep stirring continuously as you add; do not let go; this burfi sets in just 2 to 3 minutes!

As soon as the mixture is homogenous, forms a lump and leaves the sides of the pan, remove from pan and spread in prepared pan.

Spread evenly with a greased spatula or with a the bottom of a bowl which is greased.

Sprinkle the rest of the nuts and press into the burfi.

Set aside to cool and set completely. Cut into desired shapes with a sharp knife and serve. 

Notes

You can double the recipe to get 24 pieces.

Instead of almonds, you can use your favorite kind of nuts or leave them off altogether.

Make sure to not to move away from the stove as this amazing burfi or fudge comes together in just 5 minutes!

 

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Paneer Barfi

INGREDIENTS
 

Sweetened condensed milk, 300 ml

Paneer, finely grated and packed tightly, 1 cup

Ghee, 2 tbsp

Cardamom pdr, 1/2 tsp

 Rose water (food grade), 1/2 tsp

 Pistachios or any nuts(for garnish), shelled and chopped coarsely, 1 tbsp

METHOD

Heat ghee in a wide thick bottom pan. Pour condensed milk and warm on medium heat for 3 minutes. Do not let it boil.

Stir in grated paneer and mix well. The mixture will be thin. Keep stirring continuously and cook on low heat for 12- 15 minutes approximately.

Mixture will thicken when ghee separates. Add cardamom powder and mix well.

Let it cool. Knead the mixture till it's smooth in texture. Add rose water.

Grease a square plate or pan with little ghee. Spread the mixture on the greased plate. Flatten the top evenly with a spoon.

Garnish top with pistachios. Let barfi set at room temperature for 2 hours or refrigerator for 20 minutes.

Cut into desired shape , serve,store.

 

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Chocolate kalakand Barfi

 Ingredients

• 500 gm ricotta cheese crumbled well
  
• ½ cup milk powder
• 3 tbsp, cocoa powder
•  1 can condensed milk 1 can is between 400-450 grams   
  

  Instructions

  • In a deep saucepan add all the ingredients and start cooking on the lowest flame.
  • Stir well on a low flame , until it comes together.You can use the spatula to break the ricotta cheese pieces
  • Once the liquid starts to dry, keep stirring continuously until you get a burfi like consistency.
  • Turn off the heat and allow it to cool down a little in the hot pot.
  • Line a baking sheet in a tray. If you do not have a butter paper or parchment paper, you can even grease the tray.
  • Pour the barfi mixture and garnish it with chopped pistachios/ chopped cashews or almonds. Make incisions as per desired shape.Let it set 4-6 hours in the refrigerator.             Options-    Ricotta cheese barfi is an easy dessert for any festival. You can make homemade kalakand plain or in different varieties of milk cakes like chocolate, cardamom, kesar(saffron strands) or mango kalakand.            
    

     

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