Hello and Welcome to 'Masala Trails'.
Diwali is just around the corner and,
What better way to welcome the festival of lights than with a little Sweet.
So today I'm making something that comes,
straight from my grandmother's kitchen,
Something that is light on your palate,
it's simple and most importantly its tasty.
So let's just get started.
So while my pan is heating I'm going to take about 4 pieces of Cardamom.
And give it a good pound.
So now I'm going to add this to my pan.
I've taken something that is like a semi wok semi pan sort of a bulge.
Okay now to this I'm going to add one and a half cups of sugar.
Mix it well.
I'm just letting the sugar melt in a little in the heat,
and we'll add some water in about a good 2 minutes maybe even lesser actually.
So as you can see my sugar is sort of crumbling and,
You know becoming a bit of lumpy and that's how it should be.
Now to this we'll add about half a cup of water.
Now you need to keep stirring it at this point.
Because now what's going to happen is a sugar and water is,
suddenly gonna change form really quickly.
So we can't afford to not be with you know doing this.
This is a really simple dessert but timing is of sort of..
..utmost importance in this dessert.
So as you can see, can you see the consistency?
You needed some more like stringiness to happen.
To this I'm going to add two cups of freshly shredded Coconut.
Stir it well.
I'm gonna leave the gas stove on a really low flame now.
Because it's all happening really quickly and I wanted to you know..
..sort of come in together nicely.
You can also add fried cashews to this,
something that is sorted in just some Ghee or Raisins.
I particularly don't like anything in my Coconut Burfi,
So I've chosen not to, but you can add some if you'd like.
We don't want it to dry out completely,
because that will be too hard and we'd like our Barfi'ss,
to be soft now, wouldn't we!
So this is almost done.
So I've chosen to use this tray but you could use any..
plate, tray something that anything that has slight edges
Now I'm going to grease it with some ghee.
Now I'm going to add this into my tray?
Just let it set.
Just spread it out evenly so it sets nicely.
So now I'm just going to let my Barfi cool for a good 20-25 minutes,
it needs to cool completely, before we can cut it up into tiny pieces.
So let me go take a break now.
Right! So now my break is up, and I'm going to quickly check on,
My Barfi's.
I'm going to first cut a piece and see how it has come out.
The best part about making Coconut Burfi with my grandmom...
..as a child was being able to eat the leftovers and scrape the bowl.
Which I've already done.
So I can tell you that this Coconut Barfi is delicious.
I hope you try making it this Diwali,
and let me know how Diwali was for you,
With this Coconut Barfi of mine.
So Happy Diwali and, Enjoy.