Coconut Jaggery Barfi | Healthy Vrat Special Sweet Recipe
Fresh coconut jaggery burfi is a quick vrat special sweet recipe. Healthy and delicious this coconut burfi is made only with 3-ingredients - low-fat paneer, fresh coconut, and jaggery. It is easy to prepare, a quick recipe that you can enjoy during fasting time or festival time. Definitely, we can prepare it for other occasions too.
Ingredients
- 100 gm homemade low-fat paneer
- 100 gm fresh coconut
- 100 gm jaggery
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
- 2 tbsp chopped nuts and pista for garnishing optional
- Silver wark optional
Instructions
- First transfer paneer into a blender jar and blend for few seconds to make it smooth.
- Transfer paneer to a pan and keep it aside.
- Now in the same jar add chopped fresh coconut pieces and grind them to make a coarse paste. Put it aside.
- Put the pan with paneer on a low flame and cook it for 2-3 minutes till the paneer dry up a little.
- Add coconut paste and mix well. Cook again for 2-3 minutes till the mixture becomes thick and very less moisture is left. Switch off the flame.
- Now in another frying pan add crushed jaggery and 2-3 tbsp water. Cook it till jaggery dissolves and thickens to form a single stand syrup. Switch off the flame.
- Add the jaggery syrup to the paneer mixture, mix well. Put the pan on low medium flame and cook it till the mixture become thick and dry.
- Immediately transfer the mixture to a greased tray and spread it evenly. Garnish with chopped nuts and pista. Let it cool for 2-3 hours and then cut into pieces.
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Notes
1. Paneer should be soft and not dry. If the paneer seems dry add 1 tbsp milk while blending.
2. I have used fresh coconut but if fresh coconut is not available then dry coconut powder can be used. In that case add 2-3 tbsp milk to cook coconut.
3. Cook the mixture after mixing jaggery syrup till it becomes completely dry.
4. Cool the burfi for 2-3 hours to set before cutting.
5. As we have used dairy product, store them in an airtight container and keep in the refrigerator. They stay good for 5-7 days when stored in the refrigerator.