khobra vadi / Barfi

 khobra vadi

Ingredients:

Freshly grated coconut 2 cups (flat two cups)

Sugar 1+1/2 cup

Elaichi powder 2 Tsp

Dry fruit powder 4 Tsp

Kesar strands 2-3

Milk 1 cup

Fresh cream ½ cup

Procedure:

1. In a non stick pan or wide bottomed pan mix all ingredients and switch on the gas and keep it on a low flame and start sauting the mixture in between.
2. After 20 min continuously keep on sauting the mixture and continue it till a lump is formed and the mixture starts leaving the pan.
3. Meanwhile grease a big steel thali on its backside or use aluminium tray
4. It takes almost 45-50 min for coconut mixture to form a lump. Immediately transfer the coconut mixture onto the greased thali and spread it evenly with the help of rolling pin.
5. Sprinkle some pistachios until the mixture is warm and immediately cut vadi / barfi of equal size with the help of knife.                                                 

Tips:

1.  Dont exceed cooking khobra mixture for too long else your vadi would become hard. After 20 min just take out some mixture and flatten it and cut it with help of knife if the knife comes out clean then that indicates your khobra  vadi is ready and you can switch off the gas and start spreading and cutting your khobra vadi on thali and if this does not happen continue sauting the khobra mixture until  khobra mixture forms a lump properly.
2. Try to use non stick pan only because chances of khobra mixture getting burnt due to negligence can be avoided.

You can also prepare various flavoured coconut burfi/vadi

1.       Mango barfi - Ingredients same as khobra vadi just add puree of 1 fresh alphonso mango

2.       Beetroot burfi- Ingredients same as khobra vadi just add ¼ cup boiled beetroot puree.