Instant Kinnow ( keenu ) Barfi ( Keenu ki Barfi )

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Namaskar....

I am Sangeeta Agrawal and heartily welcome you at my food blog.

# "Kinnow ( keenu ) Barfi"is a delicious dessert which you can make at your home  easily as a different fruit dessert recipe.

# Kinnow is a hybrid variety of mandatory orange. It has a huge amount of carbohydrates including glucose, surcose and fructose.
It proves to be one of the best source of energy in winters.
It relieves acidity and improves intestinal health.

Let us start the recipe of "Kinnow Barfi"

# Prep Time...20 minutes
# Cook Time...25 minutes
# Serving...8

# Ingredients For Kinnow Barfi...

1. Kinnow ( Keenu )...3 ( pulp..270 gram )
2. Milk powder...100 gram
3. Coconut powder....100 gram
4. Desi ghee...4 Table spoon
5. Almonds and Cashews....4 Table spoon
6. Grated Kinnow peel...1 Tea spoon

#  For Sugar syrup...

1. Sugar....125 gram
2.Water....65 ml. ( Just half of Sugar )
3. Pinch of orange food colour

# Method of Making..

1. Firstly, wash and peel the Kinnow.
Then separate the pulp of Kinnow neatly in a bowl.
Just seeds out and white cover over the pieces of Kinnow fruits and take out its pulp.

2. Just grate the one  small piece of the peel of Kinnow in a grater for a strong flavour in the barfi ( in place of cardamom powder ) and keep aside.

3. Things are ready for making the barfi.
Just keep ready a greased plate by applying some ghee for setting the barfi.

4. Now on the flame and place a heavy bottomed kadhai with 2 spoon desi ghee.

5. As the ghee heats up, just add the pulp of Kinnow fruits and roast it for 7 minutes only....so that it could not remain raw and becomes thick and smooth.
It is done easily without splattering.

6. Now place another heavy bottomed kadhai on the medium high flame with measured sugar and water and 2 spoon desi ghee in it.

7. As the sugar melts in the water, just slow the flame and cook it 5 minutes more.
Add a pinch of orange food colour and grated peel in it for a nice texture and flavour.
You need a sticky 2 strands sugar syrup for making perfect barfi.

8. As the sugar syrup is ready,  just add the roasted pulp, coconut powder, milk powder and 2 spoon chopped dry fruits altogether.

9. Mix and stir it well till solidifying consistency.
It will not take much time.

10. Just mix everything well in the sugar syrup on the medium flame and as it forms the dough of barfi...off the flame.

Just transfer it in a greased plate. Tap it and even it with the back end of a greased spoon.
Then sprinkle some chopped almonds, cashews and pistachios as your choice.
Press them a little with your fingers or spoon..so that it could stick well over the barfi.

After few hours, cut it in the shape of your choice.
You can transfer it in the refrigerator as the barfi cools down completely.

In this way, "instant kinnow barfi" is ready.
The actual taste of barfi comes on the next day then you will find it dry, nonsticky and well set.

#  Note....

1. While roasting the pulp of Kinnow, if you see some white skin and small seeds of Kinnow, just take out them carefully.
This roasting helps in seperating the impurities if there is anything.

2. You can get ready the coconut powder at home if you don't have the dessicated coconut powder of market.
Just peel the black skin of dry coconut dipping in the water for some time  and grate it and grind it in the mixer jar.

3. You can avoid the food colour if you don't like it.

4. You can add cardamom powder in place of its grated peel.

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