Healthy Makhana Burfi Recipe | Phool Makhana Barfi for Fasting
Healthy Makhana Burfi Recipe is a delicious festive sweet made with roasted fox nuts, nuts, milk, ghee, and cardamom.
Ingredients
1 cup = 250 ml
- 4 cups - 60 grams Makhana/lotus seeds
- 1/4 cup almonds
- 1/4 cup cashews
- 1.5 cup desi khand (or sugar but use less)
- 1/2 cup fresh coconut (or desiccated coconut)
- 2 cups - 500 ml milk (full fat preferably)
- 3 green cardamoms
- 1 tsp desi ghee
- Pistachios for garnish
Instructions
- Dry roast makhana for 8-10 minutes. They will turn crunchy.
- When they turn cool down completely, add makhana to a grind jar along with green cardamoms.
- Grind to a fine powder but let the powder remain in the grinder jar.
- Add almonds, cashews and coconut in the jar.
- Grind so finely. Keep aside.
- Add milk in the same pan in which makhane were roasted. Also add desi ghee and desi khand.
- When milk begins to boil, lower the heat and add the powdered mixture.
- Start cooking while stirring continuously.
- It may take 10-15 minutes to thicken the mixture. Mixture should turn tight and leaves the sides of the pan.
- Transfer the mixture on a tray which is already greased with desi ghee.
- Spread the mixture evenly.
- Sprinkle finely chopped pistachios and gently press them so that they tuck to the surface.
- Leave to cool completely.
- Cut into barfi shape and enjoy.
Notes
- You might be feeling the sweetener too much but the fact is that it's absolutely appropriate because desi khand is way too less sweet than sugar. But in case you are using sugar, add less.
- You can also use bura, sugar or mishri as sweetener but you yourself have to calculate the quantity because there's a different level of sweetness in every sweetener.