Ingredients
3 cups - fresh coconut
600 gms - Condensed milk (sweetened)
1/2 cup - Sugar
5 tbsp - ghee
1 tbsp - cardamom powder
1 cup - almonds, blanched and cut into slivers
Method
- Heat a heavy bottomed pan and add the coconut, condensed milk and sugar in it.
- Mix well and cook on low heat till the condensed milk gets reduced to a quarter of its original quantity (or till the mixture attains a fudge like consistency).
- Add the ghee and mix well.
- Cook again till the ghee begins to separate from the fudge.
- Mix cardamom powder to it and turn off the heat.
- Grease a large platter and layer the mixture on it and smooth it out.
- Top the entire surface with the slivered almonds.
- Allow it to cool a little, then cut into squares.
- Let it set, then remove the barfis from the platter and store in an air tight container.
