Horlicks Barfi Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe has a similar texture and color to the soft ghee mysore pak but has different taste due to horlicks powder.
Horlicks Barfi
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.
Ingredients for Horlicks Barfi Recipe
- Gram Flour / Besan / Kadalai Mavu - ¾ cup
- Horlicks - ¼ cup
- Ghee - ¼ cup
- Oil - ½ cup
- Sugar - ¾ cup
- Water - ¼ cup
How to Make Horlicks Barfi Recipe
- 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.
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📖 Recipe

Horlicks Barfi Recipe | Horlicks Burfi Recipe
Ingredients
- ¾ cup Gram Flour / Besan / Kadalai Mavu
- ¼ cup Horlicks
- ¼ cup Ghee - ¼ cup
- ½ cup Oil
- ¾ cup Sugar
- ¼ cup Water
Instructions
- 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.
Horlicks Barfi Recipe Step by Step
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Take all your ingredients |
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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.