This barfi made up of sesame seeds, jaggery and dry fruits is a perfect Lohri recipe and is good for your health too. Make it today, and store it for 2 months.
Ingredients
1 cup (150 grams) Sesame seeds
1 cup (50 grams) (grated) dry coconut
2 cup (400 grams) jaggery
1/2 cup (50 grams) walnuts
1/2 cup (70 grams) cashews
1/2 cup (70 grams) almonds
2 tbsp Desi ghee
4-5 Green Cardamom
Method
* Place sesame seeds in a wok and roast until they change slightly in color.
* Keep the flame medium and take out roasted sesame seeds in a plate.
* Add ghee in a wok and place jaggery into it. Cook on medium flame until jaggery melts completely. Chop cashews and walnuts in small chunks. Peel cardamom and make powder. Grind the almonds in mixture grinder to make powder.
* When jaggery is melted completely, turn off the flame. Now add sesame seeds and all dry fruits into it and mix well. Pour this mixture in plate greased with ghee to set.
* After mixture gets bit frigid or after 5 minutes, make marks on barfi for making pieces. When barfi is completely set, take out barfi from plate.
* Til dry fruits barfi is ready. When barfi is frigid, store it in any container and relish eating for upto 2 months.
Suggestion:
* You can use any other dry fruits as per your taste and skip the use of ones you don’t like.
* Quantity of jaggery can be increased or decreased as per your taste.