Soft Groudnuts Barfi ( Moongfali ki Swadist barfi )

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Namaskar....

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

#  "Groudnuts" are not less than cashews in taste and benefits. They are also called peanuts and earth nuts. These are popular all over the world for its delicious taste.

#  peanuts are an excellent plant based source of proteins, various vitamins, minerals and helps in weight loss.
So Peanuts butter is also consumed by people.

#  Mostly peanuts are consumed roasted and salted but if you make its barfi, you will find it as delicious, soft and healthy as cashews barfi.
This recipe needs very few ingredients and can be made easily at home.

#  "Peanuts Barfi"recipe is as follows...

#  Prep Time...20 minutes
#  Cook Time....10 minutes
#   Serving....4

Ingredients For Groudnuts Barfi

1. Roasted peanuts....150 gram ( 125 gram peanuts powder )
2. Milk powder....50 gram
3. Cardamom powder....1/2 tea spoon

#  Ingredients For Sugar syrup

1. Sugar.....120 gram
2. Water....60 ml.
3. Strands...1 1/2 ( ek tar se jyada )

#  For Garnishing
1. Silver verk or chopped pistachios and almonds as choice.

#  Method of Making

1. Firstly, roast the peanuts well in the slow medium flame for 5 minutes till crispy.

2. Let it cool for few minutes and remove its skin by rubbing with hands and seperate its white nuts.

3. Now grind these peanuts in the mixer jar for 30 second in few round coarsely so that its oil could not come out while grinding.
Be careful....its constant grinding can release its oil....and it will become sticky.

4. Now sieve this grinded peanuts powder in a strainer. This step will help in making the barfi... soft and mouthnelting.
( Remaining coarse powder of peanuts can be used in chutney or curry Gravy )

5. For Sugar syrup.... Place a heavy bottomed kadhai on medium flame with sugar and water.

6. Keep on stirring it till the sugar melts in water.

7.  Then slow the flame and cook it 5 minutes more till more than 1 strands consistency.
Just check it with the help of thumb and first finger.
The other sign is that you will find big white bubbles in the sugar syrup.

8. Meanwhile, grease the back side of a plate for this barfi and spread a butter paper on it and grease it again.

8. Now....as the sugar syrup is ready....off the flame and immediately add peanuts powder, milk powder and cardamom powder in the sugar syrup and mix them well stirring continuously.

9. Transfer this peanuts barfi mixture on the greased plate and level it by moving the plate or with greased roller pin.

10. Let it cool for 10 minutes. Then garnish it with silver verk and make the cut marks in Diamond shape.

11. After 2 hours, seperate this moongfali barfi in a container and enjoy.

You can store it till 15 days easily because mawa is not added in this barfi.

#  Note....

1. For enhancing the taste of Barfi... peanuts should be roasted well.... otherwise you can get raw taste of moong phali or peanuts.

2. You can add some cashews while grinding the peanutts.

3. If you like coarseness in taste of Barfi...then don't strain the peanuts powder.

4.  If milk powder is not available, then don't worry.....just make the sugar syrup of two stands.
Off the flame.
And add the coarsely grinded peanuts powder in it and mix well.
Just transfer it in a greased plate spreading a butter paper.

5. In place of silver verk if you are garnishing the Barfi with chopped nuts..Then sprinkle them immediately as the mixture is hot and press them with a greased wooden spatula.

Thanku Friends,
Thanks again.