Nuts Barfi
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 30 pieces
Author Asha Gokhalé
Equipment
- Aluminum foil
- Rolling Pin
Ingredients
- 3 to 3.5 cups your choice of nuts
- 1 cup sugar
- 1.25 cups milk
- 1 tsp. ghee clarified butter
Instructions
- Choose either cashews, almonds or pistachio. Grind your choice of nuts to a powder (medium coarse, not fine)
- Boil the milk and sugar on medium heat. Keep stirring for about 5 minutes, till it gets slightly thick. Test the syrup for readiness: Drizzle a drop onto a plate. If the syrup runs, it's not ready. If it sits like a pearl, it's ready and the pan can be taken off the heat.
- Once off the stove, start mixing the nuts powder into the syrup pan as fast as you can. It should form a semi solid mixture like wheat flour chapati dough. Apply some ghee to the palms of your hand and form a ball. It will be the size of a large grapefruit.
- Place the dough on the aluminum foil and start rolling gently with a rolling pin. Choose the thickness you prefer. Start cutting the roll into about 1.5" square pieces using the smooth end of a knife. Decorate as necessary (optional).
- Transfer the pieces to a platter. Allow to cool for 4-5 hours.