COCONUT BARFI

Coconut Burfi is a very popular Indian sweet. Fresh grated  coconut cooked in cardamom flavored sugar syrup. You can have it as a dessert or as a sweet snack or just like that.  It has a shelf life of about 10-15 days so you can make in advance and keep it ready to serve when needed. In hot summer days you can keep it for about a week.

Ingredients

Fresh Shredded Coconut –            2cups Sugar                                         1 ½ cups Fresh cardamom Powder -           1 tbsp. Ghee                                      -   1 tbsp. Milk                                           4 tbsp.   Method:  Heat the heavy bottom pan. Add grated coconut, milk and sugar.  Heat and stir continuously, so that it does not stick to the bottom. Stir constantly till the coconut and sugar syrup are blended thickly and stickily together.  Now add the ghee and cardamom seeds powder.   Stir till the mixture looks thick, remove from the heat and pour into a ghee-smeared table or plate.   Flatten the surface evenly with the help of an oiled flat slice.   When cold, cut into squares or diamond shapes and serve .  TIP: Be very careful while cooking this dessert as even a few extra seconds can cause the barfi to harden up. When the mixture is simmering, you can add 1 tablespoon of  Bengal gram(Besan) flour  fried in a little ghee and added.