barfi (Indian sweet meats) and the san diego raw potluck!
Barfi (Indian sweet meats)
This weekend I went out to an Indian restaurant with my friends, and after eating dinner, a few them decided they were still up for a dessert. The restaurant had a big array of Indian sweet meats, and so I stood and explained to everyone what each one was. After everyone had finished scarfing down all the desserts, I realized that I could probably replicate them pretty well. There are many types of Indian sweat meats(ludoo, rusgula, gulab jamun), but out of all of them, my favorite is barfi. Barfi is traditionally made with boiled down milk, jaggery (home-made evaporate cane sugar), and ghee (clarified). Basically, this stuff is heavy, really heavy. If you can imagine what solidified poisonous deliciousness tastes like, that’s barfi. So now, with my barfi, you can enjoy all the wonderful flavors of barfi, with none of the common side effects (brick feeling in your stomach, immediate sleepiness, general malaise, etc.). Enjoy this one!
Ingredients
* 1/2 pound almonds
* 1/2 pound cashews
* 4 cloves cardamom or cardamom powder (to taste)
* 1 1/2 tbsp agave nectar
* 1/2 tsp salt
* cacao powder (optional)
Directions
Using a food processor, grind down the almonds and cashews until they are as close to a powder as you can get them. Shell the cardamom cloves, and grind down the seeds to a fine powder using a mortar and pestle. In a large bowl, place the almond powder, cashew powder, cardamom powder, salt, and agave nectar. Mash everything together with your hands until all ingredients are evenly distributed and nothing is sticking to the bowl. Lay the mixture out on a large cutting board and flatten in down to about 1/2 inch thickness. Cut in whatever shape desired. (Optional) Roll individual pieces in cacao powder. Top each piece with whatever you’d like. I suggest cashews, almond, walnuts, pecans, dates, or bananas. Next…. oh wait, thats it. I forgot it was that simple.
hehe… enjoy it!
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Yum! I love the recipes you come up with-they’re so unique.
HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR A RAW VEGAN BARFI RECIPE FOR AGES…THANK YOU ANGELS ROHIT AND RISHI. LOVE AND DIVINE BEST WISHES XX
Sometimes it takes a genius to see the obvious. I’m delighted to see your super simple recipe (I am a real barfi addict). thanks!
thanks for posting this recipe!
You are just brilliant… WOW… i recently became a raw food freak and ur site is such a blessing… initially it was kind off difficult for me with raw food… i tried this burfi, kofta.. wow… it is too good.. the only thing that I am missing now is a rotti.. I wish there is someway where we can make RAW rotti's or someother indian bread… Please post something on the same..
You rock
Rahul
Glad you liked the recipes rahul. Rotti is something I've been thinking about for a while too, but I'm just not sure its possible with a dehydrator. I'll keep thinking though, i'm sure something will hit me sooner or later.
so delicious it seems,i like the recipe you post and i will try it,i will cook it for my husband.thanks
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this barfi recipe is great! i'm trying to convince my husband to stop eating refined sugars and junk. and since he loves almonds and cashews, I'm sure the barfi's will soon become our favorites.
Beautiful presentation with the pomegranate seeds. Thank you for sharing!
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