It is hard to find anyone on this planet who doesn’t love chocolate. While cocoa is mostly used to prepare chocolate and used in chocolate milk, it can also be used to blend with Indian sweets. If the barfis your make during festivals are not eliciting the response you expect from the little adults at home, it is time to tweak those burfis and make them into delicious chocolate burfis.
Now, chocolate burfi is one of the best ways to attract children while sticking to the traditional recipe. It is one of the easiest sweets to make as well. It will only need 20 minutes.You can compare Burfi or barfi with fudge. If you don’t want to use sugar, it is quite easy to find a healthy alternative.
This Chocolate Burfi Recipe stores well. You can store it in a airtight container set and eat later, and it will still taste as delicious as freshly prepared.
Health Benefits
- Chocolate is very nutritious and has a rich source of antioxidants.
- Cocoa is known to improve blood flow and aids in lowering blood pressure.
- Cocoa can improve our brain function too.
Ingredients
cup all-purpose flour / maida: 3/4
tbsp cocoa powder: 3
cup sugar: 1
cup water: 1/3
cup ghee: 1/4
How To Make Chocolate Burfi Recipe
- In a pan, heat ghee.
- Add the flour and stir for a min.
- Add the cocoa powder and mix it well. Set aside in a plate.
- In the same pan, add sugar and water and mix well.
- Make sure the consistency is thick.
- Cook for another minute.
- To ensure the right consistency,poura little syrup between your index and thumb finger.The syrup should form a string.
- Turn off the heat and add the flour to the syrup.
- Mix well.It will take 3 to 5 mins for the mixture to become thick.
- Grease a tray and spread the mixture evenly.
- Allow the mixture to set for at least 30 mins.
- Cut it into squares and serve.
Trivia
- This dish derives its name from the word 'barf' which means snow since they are similar in appearance. This is the reason it’s served cold.
- Cocoa beans were used as currency by the Mayan and Aztec cultures.