Besan Barfi

Recipe by Rajiv Anand of Santa Clara, US

7 comments
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A quick and easy recipe for all sugar cravers.

Ingredients vegetarian 4 servings


    1 c Besan 1 c Shortening 1 c Sugar 4 seeds Cardamom Nuts (optional)

    Directions

    Melt shortening in a pan. Turn down heat and add cardamom and Besan. Fry, stirring constantly to prevent burning until it has changed to a brown color and smells . (Test: a few drops of water sprinkled on it splutters instantly). Turn off the heat and stir in the sugar. Spread 1/2" thick onto a platter. Cut into diamond shapes after it has cooled down.

    Comments

    pamela gill

    hi i wonder if anyone tried the recipe of besan barfi that i posted. it is definately a fool-proof recipe which i have tried many times

    pamela gill

    hi try making besan barfi with one cup besan, half cup ghee,one cup sugar.fry the besan on low heat with ghee and make the chasni by sprinkling very little water on the sugar before boiling. this will save fuel and make a thick chasni which can then be added to the besan and it will cook fast. cook till the mixture leaves ghee it is ready to be poured in a thali .it will dry very fast and u can have nice besan barfi.very simple and easy. i have made this many times.

    sumetha

    The shortening is to be melted and measured or to be measured in its own form?

    rita

    YOUR RECEIPE FOR BESAN BARFI IS NOT CLEAR AT ALL SPECIALLY THE MEANING OF SHORTENING AND OTHER THINGS, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE BEGINEERS TO BY THEMSELVES, I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE ANY USE, BY DOING OUSELVES, ONLY THING IT WILL SPOIL ALL THE INGREDIEITS AND MAKE A MESS OUT OF IT

    Kusum Jain

    The meaning of shortening is not clear.If this is ghee thfien this is the method of "Besan Ke Ladoo" and in "Besan ki Barfi" recipe ghee and mava is must. And the method of making Barfi is also totally different.

    naeema

    iagree with the comments submitted before the word shortening is not clear there should be some answers to the queries.

    Chef

    Shortening is hydrogenated vegetable oil. Dalda is one brand of shortening that most of us are familiar with. Outside India, however, you have to refer to this as shortening.

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