Simple, easy to make and delicious barfi or burfi recipe made using bottle gourd, milk, sugar and khoya. For the flavoring, cardamom powder and rose water are added.
Ingredients800 grams or 4 cups Lauki (bottle gourd or dudhi) , Loosely packed
2 + 2 tablespoons Ghee (clarified butter)
2 ½ cups Milk
150 grams or 1 cup Khoya (Mawa) , grated or crumbled and tightly packed
¾ cup Sugar
¼ teaspoon Green cardamom seeds powder
¼ cup Cashew nuts chopped
1 teaspoon Rose water
¼ cup Almonds sliced, for garnishing on top
Method* Grease the tray or thali using ghee and keep it aside.
* Peel the bottle gourd, scoop out the center soft part with seeds and grate it. For grating purpose use box grater or food processor.
* Heat the 2 tablespoons of ghee in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add grated lauki and saute till it is soft and moisture free.
* Then add milk and simmer till all the milk is evaporated and the mixture become almost dry and thick.
* Now mix in remaining ghee and cook for a minute.
* Then add khoya, mix and cook till it is melted and incorporated well.
* Now mix in sugar and cardamom powder. As sugar melts, mixture becomes thin and runny, continue stirring and cooking till it becomes thick and leave the sides of the pan.
* This time turf off the stove and mix in chopped cashews and rose water.
* Pour the mixture into greased tray and spread out evenly.
* Sprinkle sliced almonds and slightly press so it sticks to the burfi mixture.