Bread Barfi

Bread Barfi

From   Tea Time

Prep: 50 minutes

Cook: 20 minutes

Method: Easy

Course: Mithai

Type: Indian

You want to make some unusual sweet for your loved ones? Make this one, they will love it

Ingredients

  • Soft breadcrumbs 2 cups
  • Milk 1 cup
  • Fresh coconut, scraped 1 cup
  • Castor sugar 1 cup
  • Cashewnuts, chopped 20
  • Rose essence 2 to 3 drops
  • Oil 4 tbsps
  • Edible pink colour a few drops
  • Halved cashewnuts a few to garnish

Methods

  • Take breadcrumbs in a bowl, add milk and soak for about 10 minutes. Grease a barfi tray with a little oil.
  • Heat a non-stick pan, add coconut and sugar and cook on low heat till sugar melts.
  • Add the soaked breadcrumbs and mix for about 5-7 minutes or till well mixed.
  • Add choppedĀ  cashewnuts, rose essence, few drops of pink colour and oil and cook till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.
  • Transfer the mixture into the greased barfi tray and spread evenly. Set aside to cool down to room temperature.
  • Cut into desired shapes, keep them on a serving platter, garnish each piece with a halved cashewnut and serve.