Apple Coconut Burfi
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 12
 
Make these colorful and easy apple and coconut fudge bars (burfi or barfi) for a delicious treat. Soft, slightly chewy and utterly delicious, these moreish burfi are made with the goodness of juicy red apples and fresh coconut, flavored with cardamom and saffron, and topped with pistachios and almonds.
You will need:
  • Coconut - 1½ cups, grated (fresh or frozen)
  • Ghee - 3 tbsp
  • Red apples - 3 heaped cups, coarsely grated
  • Milk powder - 1 cup
  • Sugar - ¾ cup
  • Cardamom powder - ½ tsp
  • Saffron - a pinch (steeped in 1 tbsp warm milk or water)
  • Salt - a pinch
  • Pistachios - 2 tbsp, chopped
  • Almonds - 2tbsp, chopped
  • Dried rose petals - 1 tbsp
How to:
  1. Grease a metal tray or baking pan with a bit of ghee and set aside. Alternately, you can line the tray with parchment paper.
  2. Toast the coconut in a large skillet or saute pan on medium-low heat for a minute. Do not brown, you just need to bring of the nuttiness of the coconut. Remove to a bowl and set aside.
  3. Melt the ghee in the same pan. Add grated apples and cook, stirring often. The fruit will let out some liquid, you need to cook till it is fairly dry.
  4. Then add the toasted coconut, milk powder, sugar, cardamom powder, salt and saffron. Mix well and cook till the mixture becomes fairly dry and comes together to form a soft, fudgy mass. This will take another 10 minutes or so. At this point, you will see the ghee separating at the sides.
  5. Pour the mixture into the prepared tray and smooth the top with a spoon. Sprinkle chopped nuts and rose petals evenly on top and press down slightly with a spoon.
  6. Allow it to cool down to room temperature, then cover the tray with cling wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
  7. Cut the burfi into bars and serve. Burfi can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
Notes:
1. You will need 3 large apples or 4-5 medium ones to get 3 heaped cups of coarsely grated apples.
2. If you do not have saffron, feel free to omit it. If you still need some color for the burfi, add a few drops of yellow food color.
Recipe by At The Corner of Happy And Harried at https://www.happyandharried.com/2016/04/16/apple-coconut-burfi/