Coconut Barfi

Ingredients

• 200 g coconut, finely grated
• 200 g dried whole milk (also known as mava or khoya)
• 250 g powdered sugar
• 25 g cashewnut and almond powder
• 10-15 green cardamoms, powdered
• 500 g all-purpose flour
• 500 g pure ghee
• 10 saffron strands

Directions

1. 1

   Mix all purpose flour and ghee in a bowl and knead thoroughly to prepare a dough. Cover it with a clean and wet cloth. This is done to prevent it from drying.

2. 2

   Now, in another bowl, mix together the grated coconut, khoya and sugar powder.

3. 3

   Fold in the cashewnut powder and cardamom powder.

4. 4

   Make small puris now from the all purpose flour dough.

5. 5

   Stuff the puris with the mixture you have prepared. Give it the shape of puris.

6. 6

   Now, melt the remaining pure ghee in a wok.

7. 7

   Fry these stuffed puris in ghee.

8. 8

   Sprinkle with saffron threads, chopped peeled almonds, coconut powder and rose petals.

9. 9

   Allow to cool down to room temperature.

10. 10

    Enjoy on a festival or on New Year's or on a birthday or just after lunch or dinner!