When i wrote a status update in my facebook wall asking my viewers, do you need any special recipes for diwali which i want to make and post in my blog, i received so many recipe request. One of that recipe is horlicks and bournvita barfi.. Believe it or not i made both of them immediately and it turned out great.
I have posted so many barfi recipes in my blog. So try this out and let me know how it turned out..
Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 20 to 25 mins
Makes : 10 to 12 pieces
Ingredients:
Gram Flour / Besan / Kadalai Mavu - ¾ cup
Horlicks - ¼ cup
Ghee - ¼ cup
Oil - ½ cup
Sugar - ¾ cup
Water - ¼ cup
Method:
Heat a non stick pan with 1 tsp ghee, once it is hot add in gram flour and roast it for 2 mins. Once it is roasted transfer it to a sieve and sieve it. Now add in horlicks and mix well.
In the same pan, take sugar and add in water, mix well so the sugar is melted, now bring this to a boil and cook till 1 string consistency is reached.
Once it reaches one string consistency, add in besan mix slowly and mix so no lumps are formed.
Now add in ghee and oil slowly and keep mixing on medium heat. Cook till the mix leaves the sides of the pan.
Pour this into greased tray and let it cool down.
Once cooled cut it into squares.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Heat ghee in a nonstick pan |
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| Add in gram flour |
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| Roast till nice aroma comes from it |
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| POur this into a sifter |
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| sieve it to remove lumps |
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| add in horlicks |
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| mix well |
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| Take sugar in the same pan |
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| Add in water |
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| Bring it to boil |
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| Cook till 1 string consistency is achieved |
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| Sprinkle over the besan mix |
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| keep cooking |
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| add ghee slowly and keep mixing |
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| You can add ghee and oil and stir |
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| keep mixing |
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| Now it has started leaving sides |
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| add more ghee and oil |
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| once it leaves the sides and gets foamy just like mysorepak turn off the heat |
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| transfer this whole thing to a greased plate |
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| smooth the top |
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| let it set |
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| Cut into squares |
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| Serve |
Anonymous
Yummy
Anonymous
Sugar syrupu kambipatham kidayatha?
Aarthi
@AnonymousThe sugar syrup should reach one string
vidhas
Looks yummy. Thanks for sharing
Anonymous
It became too hard��
Aarthi
@AnonymousYou have cooked it over, so it has turned hard
Suhana Ahmed
hai aarthi......can u pls explain what s one string sugar........
Aarthi
@Suhana Ahmedif you take the spoon from the syrup, the last drop falling from the spoon forms a string like syrup.
sneha Dhilip
Can I minus oil ? As I want to do it for my one year old baby ?
Aarthi
@sneha Dhilipin which recipe are u asking.
Pavithra
Can we do it with mothers Horlicks?
Ayesha Khanum
Hello Aarthi,
I tried the recipe and find it came out well.
I also shared your recipe with my friends.
Thanks for sharing such an easy to cook recipe.