5 irresistible barfi recipes to satiate your sweet tooth this festive season
As we draw closer to festive season, our cravings for traditional Indian mithais grow stronger. While Ganesh Chaturthi and Onam have just wrapped up, a long list of festivities awaits us from Vishwakarma puja, Navratri, Dussehra to Diwali. It’s that time of the year when people put their diets on hold and fall for the allure of the festive food. The mere mention of gulab jamun, kaju katli, milk barfi, besan laddoo, jalebi, sandesh, kheer and pua is enough to make the mouth water. (Also read: 4 mouth-watering Kheer recipes to make your festive season extra special)
It is even better to make all the tempting mithais at home as an unwinding ritual after a long day. Homemade mithais are healthier as they have fresh and better-quality ingredients and comparatively lesser sugar. You may even substitute sugar with healthier and natural sweeteners.
So, with festive season round the corner, you don’t need to feel guilty in gobbling up mouth-watering sweets. Among the variety of choices, barfi is one of the most popular options and is difficult to resist.
Chef Sanjyot Keer, Founder of Your Food Lab and Digital Content Creator, shares 5 amazing barfi recipes that are absolutely irresistible.
1. MILK BARFI
Ingredients:
Condensed milk – 400 gm
Milk powder – 200 gm
Curd – 140 gm
Ghee – 1 tbsp
Method:
– To make base for milk barfi, take a micro-safe bowl, add condensed milk, milk powder and curd, whisk well to make a lump free mixture.
– You can set the microwave oven at 100 power level for 3 minutes. If you don’t have the option of selecting power levels, you can do it at high power in your microwave.
– Remove it from microwave and again whisk well, put it back in the microwave for another 2 minutes keeping the power at 100.
– Remove it from microwave and again whisk well, further add ghee and mix well, now lower the power at 50 and put it back for last 2 minutes.
– As, the base of the milk barfi is ready, we can add different flavours as per our preference.
– Make sure the milk barfi base is hot when you add flavours to it, to mix and set the mixture properly.
For classic milk barfi
Ingredients
Milk barfi base
Cardamom powder ½ tsp
Slivered nuts (almond and pistachios) as required
Method
– To make classic milk barfi add cardamom powder to the hot milk barfi base and mix well, transfer it to a butter paper lined tray.
– Top it with some slivered almonds and slivered pistachios. Set and rest the milk barfi for 2 hours in the kitchen at room temperature, do not refrigerate to enjoy the creamy milky texture.
– Cut into squares, rectangle or any shape of your choice, and serve to your family and friends.
2. BLUEBERRY MILK BARFI
Ingredients:
Milk barfi base
Blueberry preserve 2 tbsp
Dried berries (cranberry & blueberry) as required
Method:
– To make blueberry milk barfi, add the blueberry preserve and some dried blueberries to the hot milk barfi base, mix well and transfer it to a butter paper lined tray.
– Top it with some dried cranberries and blueberries, set and rest the milk barfi for 2 hours in the kitchen at room temperature, do not refrigerate to enjoy the creamy milky texture.
– Cut into squares, rectangle or any shape of your choice, and serve to your family and friends.
3. CHOCOLATE ALMOND MILK BARFI
Ingredients:
Milk barfi base
Cocoa powder 2 tbsp
Roasted almond (slivered) 1/4th cup
Choco chip as required
Method:
– To make chocolate almond milk barfi add the cocoa powder and slivered roasted almonds to the hot milk barfi base, mix well and transfer it to a butter paper lined tray.
– Top it with some slivered roasted almonds and some Choco chips, set and rest the milk barfi for 2 hours in the kitchen at room temperature, do not refrigerate to enjoy the creamy milky texture. Add the Choco chips when the barfi mixture has cooled down a bit.
– Cut into squares, rectangle or any shape of your choice, and serve to your family and friends.
