Name: Coconut Barfi
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: Coconut 2 whole medium sized coconuts grated; Sugar 1.5 cups; Water 1 cup; Cardamom powder 1 tsp; Rose water 2 tsps (optional); Ghee (Clarified Butter 2 tsps)

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Nariyal Barfi or Coconut Barfi (Fudge) is an absolute favourite dessert or mithai at home. Be it a festive occasion like Diwali, Ma always made these in bulk to be distributed amongst family and friends. There is another reason this was always made at home otherwise also, it's an absolute favourite dessert or mithai of my elder sister. Even though she is not a sweet tooth, this is something she cannot resist. Now, when it comes to coconut barfi, everyone has their preference. I somehow don't prefer hard barfis so usually the sugar syrup is one string consistency as I love the soft centre. This recipe also requires very less ghee but is flavoured with rose water and some cardamom powder, which smells divine.

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 30

Total Time 1

Served AsDesserts

CuisineIndian

Recipe Taste Sweet

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While grating the coconut, be careful only to include the white part and not the brown part. If you add the brown bits, the barfi turns a bit coarse.
If you like your barfi to be hard then go for 2 string consistency. I would strongly recommend not to do that since it doesn’t allow the flavour of the coconut to shine through. You taste more of the sugar & it does tend to go hard when stored for few more days.
Rose water is optional. It does provide amazing aroma.
You can add colours of your choice too. Add them before adding the coconut into the sugar syrup so it mixes well. I avoid colours or flavors as I prefer this sweet to be as traditional as possible.

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