As Rakshabandhan approaches, I thought I would post a recipe for some Choc Barfi. Raksha bandhan is celebrated by Hindu’s worldwide, it is a sacred festival for brothers and sisters. Its significance is to strengthen the bond between the brother and sister and is recognised by the sister tying an amulet (rakhee) around the brother’s wrist whilst chanting the Gayatri Mantra. She prays for that God grant him a long and peaceful life, safety and happiness and this fragile thread symbolises a deep relationship. The brother in turn promises to love, safeguard and cherish his sister and generally presents her with a gift to further endorse is promise. Once the Rakhee has been tied, it is time for both siblings to gorge on the delicious home made sweets.
This year I will be making several mithais (sweets) amongst which will be this simple yet tempting chocolate barfi.
This is a delightful sweet without the traditional use of ghee (clarified butter). It is very more..ish, simple to make using very few ingredients.
1 tin condesed milk
1 1/2 cup dry ground nuts
1/2 cup dry coconut
1/2 cup cranberrys
Presher cook condensed milk (5/6 whisel) Make sure you have enough water in the preshecooker as this could be potentially hazardous. My suggestion to anyone who is not familiar with cooking condensed milk is to place an unopened tin of the condensed milk in a saucepan, fill the pan up with water and let the water come to a boil. Then lower the heat to a gentle simmer for about an hour topping up the water level so that the tin of milk remains submerged at all times. I cannot emphasise enough the importance of the water level.
Step 2: let the tin of condensed milk cool then empty container in a big bowl,add above ingredints. Mix well and give any shape.
Melt the chocklate in the microvawe deep the barfi in the melted choklate.Can add any decoration on the top.
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