Mumbai famous Aflatoon barfi recipe

27 Oct Mumbai famous Aflatoon barfi recipe

Last Updated on October 27, 2021 by blessmyfoodbypayal

Mumbai special sweet Aflatoon recipe with step wise pictorial and video method.

Aflatoon sweet is one of the most popular sweet from Mumbai, India.

Made with easy and basic ingredients commonly available in every Indian kitchen, this Mumbai aflatoon is such a delicious that a single bite of it has the tendency to blow up your mind.

Warmth of desi ghee, grittiness of semolina, richness of milk/powder coupled with gushy khoya & crispy jagged nuts make this mouth melting desert a tip notch.

The word “Aflatoon” in India is commonly used for a person who is braggart, bragger or boaster. Someone who is smarty, a pompous or eccentric person.

After understanding the above mentioned words, this will not be wrong to say that “AFLATOON – a sweet” is very appropriately named.

AFLATOON SWEET INGREDIENTS

SEMOLINA : Semolina aka sooji brings that nuttiness in the recipe but don’t think that addition of suji will make its taste close to suji ka halwa.

And you are not bound to use any particular type of semolina. Be it very fine or slightly big, both type of suji works well for this dessert.

MILK POWDER : You will find skimmed milk powder as well as whole milk powder in the market. Prefer to use whole milk powder, not for this recipe, but for any type of dessert you are making. Whole milk powder has more richness and creaminess than the skimmed one.

DESI GHEE : Desi ghee beings that ultimate taste in the recipe. But if desi ghee is not available in your area, you can use unsalted butter, though nothing can match desi ghee.

KHOYA : Khoya, also called by the name mawa is an evaporated milk and is made by simmering the milk till the stage there remains only a milk solid. Undoubted this is a time taking process because we have made it once while making mathura ke pede recipe. If you don’t have much time to make khoya at home and at the same time it is not avaiable in your vicinity, then you can make instant khoya by following the recipe given here. Also, this is the best recipe to utilize leftover desi ghee residue, if you have.

SUGAR : Regular granulated sugar goes well in this recipe, however you can add jaggery or brown sugar also.

MILK : Milk brings the requisite moisture in the recipe. Milk is preferably added warm because cold milk may form lumps in hot pot.

CARDAMOM POWDER : This is optional but do add for aroma.

NUTS : You may add nuts of your choice but this recipe do have walnuts and raisins, which unfortunately we didn’t have.

STEP WISE PICTORIAL RECIPE of mumbai famous sweet aflatoon

1. Take a pan and add 2 tbsp of desi ghee out of 1/2 cup of ghee in it.
2. Add chopped almonds and cashews.
3. Roast on low heat until nuts turn light brown.
4. Take the nuts out and keep aside.
5. Add rest of the ghee in the same pan.
6. Add semolina and start roasting it on low heat. Keep stirring.
7. In about 12 to 15 minutes, semolina turns slightly brown.
8. Add sugar and milk powder. Keep roasting with continuous stirring.
9. Roast them too for 8-10 minutes or until mixture turns golden brown.
10. Now add milk, khoya and roasted nuts.
11. Mix everything well and Keep cooking while stirring continuously.
12. After some time, mixture will be thicken, become like a mass and start leaving the sides of the pan.
13. Switch of the heat, add cardamom powder and mix well.
14. Immediately transfer the mixture in a ghee greased tray or plate. Spread the mixture evenly with the thickness of barfi.
15. Sprinkle chopped almonds, cashews and pistachios all over the mixture. Tuck them with spatula do that nuts fixes well.
16. Also decorate it with silver verk.
17. Leave the mixture to cool completely for about 1 hour or until it is properly set.
18. Once cool, cut into desired shapes.

Enjoy.

NOTES

1. Instead of setting it as a Barfi, you can serve it hot immediately after cooking, as a halwa.
2. Use only heavy bottomed pan to cook this recipe as during roasting, ingredients may burn quickly.
3. You can use any nuts of your choice.
4. To give more deep brown colour to your Barfi, you can add 2 tbsp of caramelized sugar also.
5. Instead of 1 cup of khoya, you can add 1/2 cup khoya also, but in that case bring the sugar down to 1/2 cup.

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Mumbai famous sweet aflatoon – recipe card

Mumbai famous aflatoon barfi

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Aflatoon Barfi is one of the most popular sweet from Mumbai, India.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Course Dessert, Sweets

Cuisine Mumbai

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• 1/2 cup semolina/suji 100 gm
• 1/2 cup milk powder 65 gm
• 1/2 cup desi ghee 100 ml
• 3/4 cup sugar 170 gm
• 1 cup milk warm
• 1 cup khoya 250 gm
• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
• 2 tbsp almonds chopped
• 2 tbsp cashews chopped
• 1 tbsp pistachios chopped
• Silver varq for garnish

Instructions

 

• Take a pan and add 2 tbsp of desi ghee out of 1/2 cup of ghee in it.
• Add chopped almonds and cashews.
• Roast on low heat until nuts turn light brown.
• Take the nuts out and keep aside.
• Add rest of the ghee in the same pan.
• Add semolina and start roasting it on low heat. Keep stirring.
• In about 12 to 15 minutes, semolina turns slightly brown.
• Add sugar and milk powder. Keep roasting with continuous stirring.
• Roast them too for 8-10 minutes or until mixture turns golden brown.
• Now add milk, khoya and roasted nuts.
• Mix everything well and Keep cooking while stirring continuously.
• After some time, mixture will be thicken, become like a mass and start leaving the sides of the pan.
• Switch of the heat, add cardamom powder and mix well.
• Immediately transfer the mixture in a ghee greased tray or plate. Spread the mixture evenly with the thickness of barfi.
• Sprinkle chopped almonds, cashews and pistachios all over the mixture. Tuck them with spatula do that nuts fixes well.
• Also decorate it with siver verk.
• Leave the mixture to cool completely for about 1 hour or until it is properly set.
• Once cool, cut into desired shapes.
• Enjoy.

Notes

1. Instead of setting it as a Barfi, you can serve it hot immediately after cooking, as a halwa.
2. Use only heavy bottomed pan to cook this recipe as during roasting, ingredients may burn quickly.
3. You can use any nuts of your choice.
4. To give more deep brown colour to your Barfi, you can add 2 tbsp of caramelized sugar also.
5. Instead of 1 cup of khoya, you can add 1/2 cup khoya also, but in that case bring the sugar down to 1/2 cup.

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