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Milk Cake

October 16, 2020 By Aarthi 2 Comments

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Milk Cake or Milk Barfi, A rich decadent indian sweet which is easy to make and taste so delicious with simple tricks and techniques

Milk Cake | Milk Barfi | Milk Burfi |Alwar ka Mawa Recipe with Step by Step Pictures.

Delicious milk cake which is super easy to make and needs just four ingredients. Milk, Sugar, Lemon juice and Ghee. Also LOTS OF PATIENCE.

How to Make Halwai Style Milk Cake:

  1. Boil lots of milk in a large pot.
  2. Boil till reduced to 1/3rd
  3. Add in lemon juice little at a time.
  4. Cook till thickens
  5. Add little sugar at a time and keep cooking.
  6. Cook till it thickens.
  7. Spoon it into pan.
  8. Wrap it really well and set aside to cool.
  9. Slice and serve

Tips and Tricks for Milk Cake:

1)Cook milk in a large pot so it reduces a lot faster.
2)Scrape the sides of the pot so the reduced milk is added into the milk.
3)Add little sugar at a time only when milk is reduced and thickened.
4)Add sugar little at a time and keep cooking.
5)Wrap the pan really good with foil and towel. So the barfi cools a lot slower which creates a dark colour in the centre.

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

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HOW TO MAKE MILK CAKE: STEP BY STEP PICTURES:

Pictorial:

1)Take milk in a large pot.

2)Boil it

3)Keep scraping the sides of the pan

4)Cook on medium high heat.

5)Keep scraping the milk solids

6)As the milk reduces the colour of the milk changes

7)You have to keep scraping the milk solids

8)Add in lemon juice once the milk is reduced to 1/3rd of its original volume.

9)Keep mixing.

10)Keep scraping and keep mixing.

11)Now the milk has even reduced.

12)Now start adding sugar little at a time.

13)You can add a tblsp of sugar at a time.

14)Keep adding sugar and mix well

15)Keep cooking and mixing till it thickens.

16)Add ghee little by little

17)Keep mixing.

18)Cook till the mixture starts to leave the sides of the pan.

18)Add ghee

19)Mix well

20)Done

21)Grease a pan with ghee

22)Spoon filling in

23)Wrap it in foil

24)Wrap it in towel.

25)After few hours. Slice and serve

25)Serve

26)Serve

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Milk Cake

Milk Cake or Milk Barfi, A rich decadent indian sweet which is easy to make and taste so delicious with simple tricks and techniques
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 12 pieces
Calories: 350kcal
Aarthi
Author: Aarthi

Ingredients

  • Whole Milk - 1 litre
  • Sugar - 1/2 cup or to taste
  • Ghee - 3 tblsp
  • Lemon Juice - 1 tsp

Instructions

  • Take milk in a large pot and bring it to a boil.
  • Now boil this and keep mixing and whisking. Scrape the sides of the pot and add it back into the milk.
  • Boil till till it reduced to 1/3rd
  • Now add in lemon juice and mix well. Keep cooking till it thickens.
  • Add in sugar little by little and keep mixing.
  • Cook till it thickens.
  • Now add in ghee little by little and continue cooking on a low flame till it thickens and leaves the sides.
  • Grease a pan with ghee to set the burfi. Pour the mix into the pan. Spread evenly and flatten.
  • No wrap this in foil and wrap it in towel.
  • Leave to rest for 4 to 6 hours.
  • Unmould.
  • Slice and serve.

Notes

1)Cook milk in a large pot so it reduces a lot faster.
2)Scrape the sides of the pot so the reduced milk is added into the milk.
3)Add little sugar at a time only when milk is reduced and thickened.
4)Add sugar little at a time and keep cooking.
5)Wrap the pan really good with foil and towel. So the barfi cools a lot slower which creates a dark colour in the centre.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 350kcal
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About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. Veenas

    October 21, 2020 at 11:34 am

    5 stars
    Yummy Recipe. Super Aarthi Mam. Its Delicious to Watch. Photos are Nice. I’ll definitely be making this one again!

    Reply
  2. Rani

    November 4, 2020 at 9:53 am

    5 stars
    this is really nice

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