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  • noun An Indian dessert made from sweetened, condensed milk flavoured with fruit and spices.

Etymologies

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From Hindi.

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Examples

  • Next up is the chocolate barfi, which is also tastier than the dry commercial offering, where flavour feels like an afterthought.

    How to make Indian sweets Homa Khaleeli 2010

  • Variety is important, so we start by making two sets of barfi – solid cubes of condensed milk.

    How to make Indian sweets Homa Khaleeli 2010

  • Indian sweets like the immaculate barfi (condensed milk squares), kulfi (sweet, creamy traditional Indian ice cream) and the delectable gulab jamun (fried dough balls swimming in rosewater syrup) could all be after-dinner favorites for an Indian gastrodiplomacy campaign.

    Paul Rockower: Indian Gastrodiplomacy to Help Feed Perceptions of an Emergent India Paul Rockower 2011

  • Chocolate barfi (makes 20 squares) 120g cocoa powder400g tin condensed milk4 tbsp mixed chopped nuts2 tbsp of butter and 1 tbsp for greasing the dish

    How to make Indian sweets Homa Khaleeli 2010

  • Indian sweets like the immaculate barfi (condensed milk squares), kulfi (sweet, creamy traditional Indian ice cream) and the delectable gulab jamun (fried dough balls swimming in rosewater syrup) could all be after-dinner favorites for an Indian gastrodiplomacy campaign.

    Paul Rockower: Indian Gastrodiplomacy to Help Feed Perceptions of an Emergent India Paul Rockower 2011

  • My husband was alarmed to discover that on the wedding day we would be faced with toothpick-wielding relatives trying to force feed him pastel-hued squares of milky barfi for good luck.

    How to make Indian sweets Homa Khaleeli 2010

  • No Diwali celebration is complete without platefuls of barfi, besan laddoo and halwa – and homemade sweets are the best

    How to make Indian sweets Homa Khaleeli 2010

  • Coconut barfi (makes 20 squares) 150ml double cream150g milk powder120g caster sugar75g dessicated coconut½ tsp cardamom powder

    How to make Indian sweets Homa Khaleeli 2010

  • Indian sweets like the immaculate barfi (condensed milk squares), kulfi (sweet, creamy traditional Indian ice cream) and the delectable gulab jamun (fried dough balls swimming in rosewater syrup) could all be after-dinner favorites for an Indian gastrodiplomacy campaign.

    Paul Rockower: Indian Gastrodiplomacy to Help Feed Perceptions of an Emergent India Paul Rockower 2011

  • Vinaya Actually .. it is mahtla tar barfi mhatla tar fudge.

    Walnut Chocolate Fudge Anjali 2007

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  • I prefer the coconut variety.

    April 26, 2011