Easy Makhane Ki Barfi - Makhana Sweet | Makhane Ki Katli
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 40 pieces
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 2 cup makhana
- ½ cup cashew
- ½ cup milk powder
- ½ cup desiccated coconut
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
- 2 cup milk
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 tsp ghee
- silver vark (for garnishing)
Method
- Firstly, dry roast 2 cup makhana on low flame until it turns crunchy.
- Make sure to pop and check if makhana is crunchy.
- Cool completely, and transfer to the mixer jar. Also, add ½ cup cashew.
- Pulse and grind to a fine powder.
- Transfer the powder to a large bowl.
- Add ½ cup milk powder, ½ cup desiccated coconut, and ½ tsp cardamom powder.
- Mix well making sure everything is well combined. Keep aside.
- In a large kadai take 2 cup milk and ¾ cup sugar.
- Stir and dissolve the sugar completely.
- Now add prepared makhana mixture and mix well.
- Mix well making sure the mixture everything is well combined and the mixture thickens.
- Once the mixture starts to thicken, add 1 tsp ghee and mix well.
- Keep mixing until the mixture starts to separate the pan and holds the shape.
- Transfer the mixture onto the butter paper. make sure to grease the butter paper with ghee.
- Start to knead the dough by pressing to form a soft dough.
- Place the makhana dough between butter paper and roll using a rolling pin.
- Roll slightly thick making sure it's uniform.
- Now grease with ghee and apply silver leaf or silver vark. Applying vark is optional.
- Now cut into a diamond shape or shape of your choice.
- Finally, enjoy Makhana Sweet Recipe for a week when stored in an airtight container.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.