Milk Barfi

Name: Milk Barfi
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: South Asia — Muslim traditions
Ingredients: 2 l milk; edible silver foil; chopped dry almonds or chopped dry pistachios or chopped dry cashew nuts; 0.5 tsp citric acid; 250 g sugar

Gently simmered edible silver foil and citric acid, a South Asian dessert.

45 min · Serves 6 · Easy

Ingredients

2 lmilk
edible silver foil, as desired
chopped dry almonds or chopped dry pistachios or chopped dry cashew nuts
0.5 tspcitric acid, dissolved in 1/2 cup water
250 gsugar

Method

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Time: Prep 15 min · Cook 30 min · 45 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Boil half the milk. Add citric acid and water. Sieve through a muslin cloth. Press out excess water.
2
Boil the remaining milk till it reduces to half its quantity. Pour the sieved mixture in this.
3
Boil milk till the mixture thickens. Stir continuously. Add sugar in the milk. Stir till it softly thickens in a lump.
4
Set in a plate. Apply silver foil. Sprinkle the chopped dry nuts.