What do you do when you need barfi and there are no mithai shops around? I'm not talking about pangs; I'm talking about the time when you actually 'need' it.
Simple......you make your own barfi!
Here's what I did, I got 250 grams of Khoya/Mawa/Cottage Cheese.....call it what you want. After heating just one teaspoon of butter in a pan, I fried the khoya for 2 minutes and added 2 tablespoons of Mixed Fruit Jam and stirred on a low heat for about 3 minutes till the mixture was smooth and pink. Pour into a greased plate and pop it into the freezer. Pop it out after a couple of hours and cut into squares or diamonds. Choice of dryfuits can be anything, but I preferred cashew nuts since it looked like kaju katli that was blushing!
Awesome taste, no sugar required, just the right amount of sweetness...I can go on and on.
Some useful tips:
Firstly, will not set at a room temperature.
Secondly, too much jam would make it too runny to set even in the freezer.
Second-lastly,tastes best next day, so exercise some patience!
Lastly, imagine what you could come with if you substitute that jam with orange marmalade!
Amazing! Must try...
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