icecream barfi recipe | burfee ice cream | milkybar barfi recipe with detailed photo and video recipe. one of the easy and simple milk powder-based barfi recipes made with special vanilla flavoured sugar. it is basically a milk powder or milk barfi with an additional flavour of vanilla sugar in it. it can be an ideal festival or feast dessert recipe as it can be prepared within minutes with basic ingredients from your kitchen pantry.
icecream barfi recipe | burfee ice cream | milkybar barfi recipe with step by step photo and video recipe. barfi recipes are one of the important and popular choices for most of us during the festival season. generally, these barfi recipes are prepared with some complex ingredients or in a complex manner. yet there are certainly simple and easy barfi recipes and icecream barfi or milky bar barfi is one such recipe made with just 4 ingredients.
well many would be confused with the name of this barfi recipe. you may wonder if any vanilla ice cream is mixed or melted to shape like a barfi? the answer is simple, it is a big no. basically milk powder is mixed with vanilla flavoured sugar and cooked with sugar syrup and ghee to form a smooth and silky texture. in other words, the same ingredients used to make vanilla ice cream is used in this recipe and hence it is termed as icecream barfi. having said that, the texture of the barfi is very similar to the milky bar and hence it is also known as milky bar barfi. nevertheless, the name can be anything but, it is perhaps one of the easy and tasty barfi recipes with milk powder. hence i would strongly recommend trying this barfi once and serving it to your friends and family.
furthermore, some more additional tips, suggestions and variants to the icecream barfi recipe. firstly, this is a purely vanilla flavoured barfi recipe. but you may also prepare other types of flavoured barfi like chocolate, butterscotch or even any tropic fruit flavoured ice cream flavours. secondly, the topping of the barfi can be experimented with a choice of dry fruits, tutti frutti, and even caramelised sugar crystals. if you do not have any, you can still use kesar strands to make it attractive. lastly, if you do not wish to cut into square or rectangle shapes, you may shape it like peda and top it with fruit jam drops.
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icecream barfi recipe | burfee ice cream | milkybar barfi recipe
Ingredients
for vanilla sugar:
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
for burfi:
- 4 cup milk powder, unsweetened
- 1 cup ghee
- 1¼ cup sugar
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- pistachios & almonds, chopped
Instructions
- firstly, in a mixer jar take 3 tbsp sugar and 1 tsp vanilla extract.
- grind to a fine powder to make vanilla sugar. if you have access to a vanilla bean pod, then scrape out the seeds and mix them with sugar.
- vanilla sugar is ready, keep aside. adding vanilla sugar helps to add extra flavour to burfi.
- now in a large bowl take 4 cup milk powder and 1 cup ghee.
- mix well making sure the milk powder and ghee is well combined. to make burfi soft, then increase the amount of ghee to 1.5 cup.
- also, add prepared vanilla sugar and mix well. keep aside.
- in a large kadai take 1¼ cup sugar and ½ cup water.
- stir well until the sugar dissolves completely.
- continue to boil till the 1 string consistency of sugar syrup is attained.
- now keeping the flame on low, add milk powder mixture.
- keep stirring until the milk powder is well combined in sugar syrup.
- further, add ¼ cup butter and mix well. adding butter helps to get milky bar flavour and makes burfi softer.
- continue to cook on low flame until the mixture turns silky smooth consistency releasing ghee. you can also check by making a small ball and it is perfect if the mixture is non-sticky and holds shape.
- now transfer the mixture into the tray lined with baking paper.
- top with pistachios, almonds and press to level it up.
- rest for 2 hours or until it cools completely.
- now cut into pieces and ready to serve.
- finally, enjoy ice cream burfi for a week when stored in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
how to make icecream barfi with step by step photo:
- firstly, in a mixer jar take 3 tbsp sugar and 1 tsp vanilla extract.
- grind to a fine powder to make vanilla sugar. if you have access to a vanilla bean pod, then scrape out the seeds and mix them with sugar.
- vanilla sugar is ready, keep aside. adding vanilla sugar helps to add extra flavour to burfi.
- now in a large bowl take 4 cup milk powder and 1 cup ghee.
- mix well making sure the milk powder and ghee is well combined. to make burfi soft, then increase the amount of ghee to 1.5 cup.
- also, add prepared vanilla sugar and mix well. keep aside.
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in a large kadai take 1¼ cup sugar and ½ cup water.
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stir well until the sugar dissolves completely.
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continue to boil till the 1 string consistency of sugar syrup is attained.
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now keeping the flame on low, add milk powder mixture.
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keep stirring until the milk powder is well combined in sugar syrup.
- further, add ¼ cup butter and mix well. adding butter helps to get milky bar flavour and makes burfi softer.
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continue to cook on low flame until the mixture turns silky smooth consistency releasing ghee. you can also check by making a small ball and it is perfect if the mixture is non-sticky and holds shape.
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now transfer the mixture into the tray lined with baking paper.
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top with pistachios, almonds and press to level it up.
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rest for 2 hours or until it cools completely.
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now cut into pieces and ready to serve.
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finally, enjoy ice cream burfi for a week when stored in the refrigerator.
notes:
- firstly, sugar syrup consistency should be exact 1 string. if it is more then burfi will be hard. and if it is less then the burfi will be chewy and sticky.
- also, you can increase the amount of sugar if you are a sweet person. however, this is the perfect sweetness for these measurements.
- additionally, you can garnish with silver vark to look attractive.
- finally, ice cream burfi recipe tastes great as it is flavoured with fresh vanilla pods.