Anjeer Barfi Recipe | Dates Burfi (Barfi)
Anjeer Barfi Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is simple and easy Indian burfi made with dates and figs. Figs and dates are both natural sweeteners, therefore, are great for people who suffer from diabetes.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups Dried Figs / Anjeer
- 1.5 cups Dates pitted
- ¼ cup Badam / Almonds
- ¼ cup Pistachio
- ¼ cup Cashews
- ½ cup Milk
- 1 tablespoon Poppy Seeds / Kasa Kasa / Khus Khus
- 3 tablespoon Ghee
Instructions
- Take figs and dates in a microwave safe bowl.
- Add in milk and pop it in microwave and cook for 2 mins. Remove it, take it in a blender and puree till smooth.
- Take all the nuts and chop it finely and set aside.
- Now in the same micro safe bowl, add in 2 tablespoon of ghee and add in all the chopped nuts, mix well, pop it microwave for 1 mins.
- Remove it and drain the nuts in a bowl.
- In the remaining ghee, add the pureed figs and dates. Mix well.
- Pop this in microwave and cook for 2 mins. Remove it and mix well.
- Pop this again in microwave and cook for 2 mins. Remove it and mix well.
- Remove it from microwave and add in a tablespoon of ghee and mix. Now pop this again in microwave and cook for 1 min.
- Now it must have left the sides of the bowl.
- Add in nuts and mix well. If it didn't leave the sides of the pan you have to cook it for 1 more min.
- Line a tray with foil, grease it with a teaspoon of ghee. Now add in the dates mix and smooth it with the back of the spoon.
- Set it in fridge for a hour till it is properly set.
- Remove it and peel off the foil. Cut it into squares.
- Serve.
Notes
Stove Top Method:
1)Soak figs and dates in hot milk for 15 mins. Now take it in blender and make it into a fine puree.2)Heat ghee in a kadai, Add in nuts and fry them till golden, drain and set aside.
3)In the remaining ghee, add in pureed dates and mix well. Cook on low to medium heat for 10 mins till it leaves the sides of the pan.
4)Now add in fried nuts and mix well.
5)Transfer that to a grease foil tray and smoothen the top.
6)Chill it for a hour or so and cut it. Serve. Notes: 1)You can cook the figs and dates in water if you want to store it for longer time.
2)Each microwave varies by heat, so cook till the mix leave the sides of pan.
3)My microwave has 800 watts and it took my 5 mins.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 312kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 4gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.001gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 10mgPotassium: 453mgFiber: 6gSugar: 32gVitamin A: 30IUVitamin C: 0.5mgCalcium: 88mgIron: 1mg
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