Friday, January 1, 2010

Kopra pak..Kobbari Mithai..Coconut Burfi...Happy New Year to all..!!


First of all lemme wish you all a HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR..!!!

Let us start the new year with a sweet post wishing this new year brings lots of happiness,health,wealth and fun in our lives.Kobbari Mithai is one of my favorite sweets as it is loaded with lot of nuts along freshly grated coconut and when mixed with sugar/jaggery makes an excellent combo.Even though the process is time consuming and bit difficult in scraping the coconut and making the syrup and stirring the mixture constantly,the end product is all worth the effort you put in it.These Burfi's are very soft to bite in and the crunchy nuts add the extra kick to this sweet.Let us get into the recipe soon before we get more tempted to take a bite..

Ingredients:

1 big coconut,grated fresh only white part(it yields 3 cups approx)
2 cups sugar
1/2 to 3/4 cup milk
20 cashew nuts,chopped
1/4 cup raisins(optional)
3 tbsp ghee for fudge
1 tbsp ghee for frying nuts
1 tsp ghee for greasing

Method:
  • Grate the coconut carefully,scrape only the white part leaving the brown edges behind in order to get an appealing snow white burfi.
  • Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a small pan and add chopped cashew nuts and fry until light brown in color.Remove them and add raisins and fry until it forms a bubble.Remove them and keep aside.(I did not use raisins here,just added only cashewnuts)
  • Grease a rectangular plate or square cake pan with ghee and keep it aside.
  • Mix milk and sugar in a thick wide bottomed vessel and place it on medium heat and let it come to boil.Let the sugar dissolves completed and blends well with milk and forms syrupy liquid(to reach one-string consistency).Using milk instead of water makes the burfi looks more white in color.The process of achieving string consistency syrup liquid is important in order to make a proper burfi.
  • Now add grated coconut and 3 tbsp ghee to it and stir well.Let it cook by stirring it constantly until the edges of the mixture in the vessel is bit dry and flaky.It approximately takes 10-12 minutes.
  • Now remove the mixture and spread it roughly on the greased plate/tin around 1/2" thickness.Sprinkle the fried cashews and raisins all over and gently press them all over with the ladle.
  • Level it using a flat ladle and let it cool and set for some time for about half an hour.
  • Run the knife to make markings in the burfi mixture.After some time carefully remove the burfi's.It approximately yields 24 square burfi's.
Store it in air-tight containers,stays good upto 5 days to 1 week.If you want longer shelf life keep them refrigerated.I am sure it will not last that longer,they are surely irresistible and would be over within 2 days.

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29 comments:

  1. Beautiful pics.. Happy 2010 to you too...

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  2. Beautiful pics.. Happy 2010 to you too...

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  3. Wish you and your family a very Happy New Year!!!

    Barfi looks stunning!!

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  4. Lovely pics prathibha,my fav sweet and a very nice way to begin a brand new year...Happy new year once again,

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  5. Looks fantastic. Wishing you and your family a Happy 2010.

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  6. Wow what a pic. so beautiful and mouthwatering sweet looks great and Wish you both a very happy new year.

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  7. Kobbari mithai super! Happy new year to you and family.

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  8. Nice yummy sweet Prathibha. Me too made coconut ladoo yesterday. Wishes to you and your family a very Happy New year.

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  9. Wow my fav one prathy.. Looks so yummy.. and perfect. Wish You very very Happy and prosperous New year dear.

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  10. Wish you and your family a very Happy New Year!!!

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  11. A sweet start!
    Wishing You and Your Family a Happy New Year 2010!

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  12. Its been great to know you in 2009 and wishing you and your family a very happy and prosperous new year !!!

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  13. Those look so lovely and tempting. Happy New Year!!

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  14. What an yummy dish and beautiful pictures dear :) Wish You a Very Happy New Year!

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  15. Looks just so good and perfect way to start the year..Wish you and your family a wonderful year, Prathibha!

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  16. Beautiful treat Prahty...looks fantastic..Happy new year wishes to u & ur family..

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  17. lovely pix - really enjoyed them.
    Have a wonderful decade ahead!

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  18. Happy new year Prathy.. :)

    i loved this snap.. :).im a big fan of coconut burfi...2day i had a heavy dinner n brushed my teeth..now its time to sleep..but if im getting those all burfi's i wl finish within 10minutes.. :)

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  19. happy new year Prathy.
    kobbari mithai looks great..

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  20. Hey Pratibha,

    Came here through friend connect...& glad I did...U have a lovely space with gr8 collection of preps....Nice way to celebrate new year with coconut barfi......

    Happy Celebrations!!!!

    Wishing You & your family a very happy year ahead....

    Ash...
    (http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

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  21. pretty pretty burfis... looks perfect. HNY!

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  22. OMG, Prathibha!I don't have the small eggplants but I would have given it a try right away!That looks absolutely fab!Wish you and your family a belated happy new year!

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  23. ohh these look so good...my all time favorite sweet..nice clicks.
    www.foodlyrics.com

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  24. Hi,
    Made this for Diwali..everyone loved it..i got quite a few compliments for this..thanks. Also made the oats n dry fruits ladoos,were liked by my husband and friends...thanks and hope u had a great Diwali.Keep up the good work.

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  25. Thanks Ashwini for the feedback.You can send me the photos of the recipes you tried so that I will get them featured in my FB wall page.Do send me next time.

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  26. Will do that next time onwards...do guide me as to how to go about posting the pictures to you.

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  27. ashwini, send me the photos to my e-mail id thechefandherkitchen@gmail.com

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  28. Hi, I came across your blog n now not a day passes without peeking at ur recipes or just drooling over the pics! My all time fav is ur peas methi bath...today the coconut barfi is sitting on my countertop nice and warm! Hope I have done justice to it! Cant wait to dig in! Thanks n Keep posting!
    Viviani

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