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A type of barfi, a sweet confectionery from the Indian subcontinent. Plain barfi is made with condensed milk and sugar cooked until it solidifies. The many varieties of barfi include besan barfi (made with gram flour), kaaju barfi (made with cashews), and pista barfi (made with ground pistachios).
Barfi [a] or burfi is a milk-based sweet from the Indian subcontinent with a fudge-like consistency. Its name comes from the Persian and Urdu word (barf) for snow. Barfi is consumed throughout India and Pakistan and is especially popular in North India. It is often served at celebrations and religious festivals such as Diwali and Holi. [1] [2] [3]
Some sweets such as kheer and barfi are cooked, varieties like Mysore pak are roasted, some like jalebi are fried, others like kulfi are frozen, while still others involve a creative combination of preparation techniques. [9] [10] [11] The composition and recipes of the sweets and other ingredients vary by region.
Barfi: Kalakand: Milk, cottage cheese. Burfi: Kheer: A rice pudding made with milk, rice, sugar and dried fruits [7] Pudding: Khirmohan: Chhena, sugar, semolina, water. Sugar syrup based Kulfi [8] An ice cream made with milk and sugar, with a variety of flavours such as mango, saffron, or cardamom. [9] Ice cream: Laddu: Gram flour (besan), ghee ...
Vark (also varak Waraq or warq) is a fine filigree foil sheet of pure metal, typically silver but sometimes gold, [1] used to decorate Indian sweets and food.The silver and gold are edible, though flavorless.
Sweet coconut halwa/barfi: Halwa is soft, barfi more like cake. Koshimbir: a salad, usually served as a side: Kolim / Jawla: A preparation of dried fish named Kolim or Jawla found in coastal Maharashtra with onion and spices. Usually eaten with bhakri or chapati: Laapsi: Sweet coarse ground/ broken wheat cooked with butter and sugar. Laddu ...
Soan papdi has no confirmed origin, but one hypothesis is that it originated in the western state of Maharashtra, India. [3] According to culinary anthropologist Kurush F Dalal, Soan papdi is a Persian dish, the word "soan" has a Persian origin and the name comes from the term sohan pashmaki. [4]
Barfi (or burfi) is also flavoured, but khoa is not the only ingredient. Typically, another ingredient, such as thickened fruit pulp or coconut shavings, is added to khoa and slow-cooked until the moisture evaporates sufficiently to give the consistency of fudge, so it can be flattened and cut into rectangles, parallelograms or diamond shapes.