Chocolate Barfi

Written by Aniketh Kumar on November 11, 2023

4 cups of full cream milk powder
1 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon cardamom powder
2-3 pinches of saffron
1 tablespoon ghee (clarified butter)
½ cup of milk
300 grams cooking chocolate.

1. Add three quarter cup of water to the sugar and slowly bring to boil until the sugar has melted. This should take under 10 minutes on a high.

2. Once the sugar and water mixture starts to feel sticky (Don’t allow it to become stringy or stiff); add the milk powder to the sugar mixture, stir and add in the milk and ghee.

3. Mix well and once mixed, turn off the heat. Add the saffron and cardomom powder now. ( Soak the saffron in a tablespoon of milk for 5-6 minutes as this gives the barfi the flavour and the colour).

4. Grease a dish with some oil and turn the barfi mixture onto the dish. Spread the mixture using the back of a spoon and smoothen it.

5. Allow this mixture to cool until it solidifies. I usually leave it overnight.

6. Once the barfi has cooled, it’s time to layer it with the cooking chocolate

7. Cooking chocolate is best melted by using indirect heat. Cut the chocolate into small pieces and put it in a heatproof bowl and place it in a shallow pan filled with hot water. Keep stirring the chocolate to avoid it scorching.

8. Once melted, spread it evenly over the barfi and let it cool for at least 6-8 hours.

9. Once cool, cut the barfi into bite size squares and store on an airtight container. Our barfi’s turned out to be so delicious that they got eaten quite quickly by friends and family