CHOCOLATE BURFI

Love chocolate? Love Indian sweets? Well look no further then than these delicious chocolate burfi. There are so many types of burfi/ barfi that include, Kesri pedha: saffron, flattened yellow round. Kaju barfi or kaju katli: cashew, light tan diamond. Pista barfi: pistachio, forest green diamond. Cham cham: pink and white, shaped like sushi rice balls. Doodh peda: kewra oil and pistachio, flattened dark tan round. Badam pak: rose water and almond, brown diamond. Walnut barfi. Barfi fon or barfifon: fig, pink and yellow colored. Gajar barfi: carrot, square and orange colored. Coconut barfi: coconut, sugar, and milk, square and yellow colored. Sing barfi: peanuts, square and brown colored. Besan barfi: gram flour light yellow diamond and Dodha burfi: peanut. So far I have made condensed milk coconut burfi that was too delicious!

INGREDIENTS

11/2 Cups Milk Powder
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons milk
4 tablespoons unsalted butter

METHOD
In a non stick pan add butter and milk

Let butter melt in the milk

Mix until well combined

Add milk powder

Add cocoa powder

Stir the mixture well

Keep mixing on low heat until the mixture is well incorporated

Add icing sugar

Add the 2 tablespoons milk

The mixture will be wet at this point

Keep cooking until the mixture thickens and starts to come slide the sides of the pan

Take off the heat and on a greased plate use spoon dipped in ghee to shape into a square

Sprinkle topping of your choice, I used desiccated coconut

Refrigerate the coconut burfi for several hours to set. Once hardened, use sharp knife to cut into your desired shape

Delicious Indian sweet ready to be served

I love how chocolaty and dense these burfi is, chocolate lovers this is definitely for you

You can serve the chocolate burfi as a snack, during celebrations or even as an after school snack for the kids

Take to the office for that midday snack that is somewhat healthy

Barfi is often served at Diwali, the celebration of the Hindu festival of lights. The traditional Hindu cuisine is an important part of these annual festivities, along with firework displays and specially crafted decorative lamps.

Barfis are usually coated with a thin layer of edible metallic leaf known as vark. You can even layer different colored of flavored burfi before serving

CHOCOLATE BURFI

Recipe by Mulunga Alukwe

Prep time: 15 Minutes
Cook time: 0 Minutes
Total time: 15 Minutes
Yield: 2 Servings
Ingredients

• 1 1/2 Cups Milk Powder
• 3 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
• 3/4 Cup Powdered Sugar
• 1/4 Cup + 2 Tablespoon Milk
• 4 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter

Cooking Directions

1. In a non stick pan add butter and milk. Let the butter melt in the milk, mix until well combined
2. Add milk powder, cocoa powder and stir the mixture well. Keep mixing on low heat until the mixture is well incorporated
3. Add icing sugar and 2 tablespoons milk, the mixture will be wet at this point
4. Keep cooking until the mixture thickens and starts to come slide the sides of the pan. Take off the heat and on a greased plate use spoon dipped in ghee to shape into a square. Sprinkle topping of your choice, I used desiccated coconut
5. Refrigerate the coconut burfi for several hours to set. Once hardened, use sharp knife to cut into your desired shape