Amma is famous for her coconut barfi, whenever my cousins visit our place, the first thing which they request my mom is to make some coconut barfi. My mum makes it as a edible gift for them to take along their journey. Since it is so easy peasy to make, this barfi has taken its strong reputation in our house.
It just calls for simple everyday ingredients. You will need just coconut, some sugar and little of some extra stuff. The another cool thing about this recipe is, it needs no ghee in it. But i love to add a tsp of ghee for flavour. But actually you dont need anything, the natural oil in the coconut gives enough oilyness to the barfi.
I hope you will try this out and let me know how it turns out.
Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cooking Time : 20 to 25 mins
Makes : 10 pieces
Ingredients:
Coconut – 1 cup grated
Sugar – 3/4 cup
Milk – 1/4 cup
Ghee – 1 tsp
Cardamom powder – 1 tsp
Method:
Take coconut and milk in a blender and make into a slightly coarse puree.
Add this to a non stick or a heavy bottom pan. Add in sugar to this and keep stiring.
Keep cooking and mixing this till it starts to thicken and leaves the sides of the pan, it will take around 15 mins.
Add in ghee and cardamom powder and mix well.
Keep this mixing. It will start to leave the sides of the pan and foam around the edges.
At this point. Pour this into a greased plate and allow it to cool down.
Once cooled, cut into squares.
Serve.
Notes:
This barfi can be stored in room temparature upto 3 days. You can store this more than a week in the fridge.
TAMIL RECIPE:
RECIPE IN ENGLISH:
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Take coconut in a blender |
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| Add milk to it |
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| Puree it coarsely |
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| Add this to a heavy bottom pan |
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| Add in sugar too |
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| Mix well |
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| Keep stiring till it thickens |
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| Keep mixing |
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| Add a tsp of ghee |
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| some cardamom |
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| mix well |
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| Keep mixing till it leaves the sides |
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| Grease a plate |
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| Pour the barfi mixture in this |
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| flatten it |
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| cut into squares |
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| Serve |
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| Enjoy |
hello aarthi….u have made this burfi so easy to make….ur pictures r really helpful….will surely make this today….:) 🙂
yummy I do it without grinding.. this looks tempting
This is rich and good to satisfy my hunger pangs when it hit me some time before dinner!
i made this aarthi…but i cud not cut the burfi into pieces like u have done…it was a bit soft but still very tasty…i followed ur instuctions exactly…can u pls tell me whr i went wrong???
@sujatha umesh If it is a bit soft, then transfer that again to the kadai and cook for a little longer. Now tranfer that to the plate and cut into squares
Hi Aarthi,
Just wanna know can we use frozen coconut to make this barfi ?
@Valar Naiduyes u can use
Can I add color to this coconut barfi
@Anonymousyes u can add
Can i use coconut bura available in market
@Mehnaz ShakilYou have to use fresh grated coconut
Hi sis..i tried this today..it tastes so good, but it didn't come as thick pieces..why so?
@Anonymousif you didn;t cook it enough it will be soft, cook little longer.
Can I make this with desiccated coconut?
No it wont work. will share a diff recipe using desiccated coconut soon
Hi aarthi can we use simply water instead of milk
Woow i tried it, and i achieved it..instead of a cup i used a glass n follow the recipe according to the size i used..n finally end up with 26 pieces..
Thank you so much Aarthi
Can we useful instead of ghee