Makhane Ki Barfi – Makhana Sweet | Makhane Ki Katli

Makhane Ki Barfi – Makhana Sweet | Makhane Ki Katli with detailed photo and video recipe. An easy and interesting Indian Sweet recipe made with Lotus seed, milk powder, and cashew nuts. It is a perfect replacement for the popular or premium Kaju Katli with the same texture, taste, and look, but with simple and much cheaper ingredients. It is a perfect classical Indian dessert recipe prepared for any occasion, a celebration for any festival feast celebration.

Makhane Ki Barfi – Makhana Sweet | Makhane Ki Katli with step-by-step photo and video recipe. Indian sweets and dessert recipes are known for their premium selection of ingredients to produce some of the classical dessert recipes. These are undoubtedly exceptional sweets, but can be expensive or not economical to prepare regularly. However, some recipes are economical yet premium in nature, and makhane ki barfi is one such recipe.

As I was explaining earlier, the makhana sweet or makhana Katli recipe has to be one of the economical sweet recipes. The taste and the texture are so similar to those premium nut-based sweets. As a matter of fact, it is hard to even recognize any difference if it is not even mentioned about makhana. Moreover, I have even shaped it like Katli sweet, and with this shape, it is exactly the replica of kaju or badam Katli. In addition, the health benefits of the lotus seeds are widely known. Therefore, preparing this sweet makes it an ideal choice for any occasion and celebration. I would heavily recommend you to make this sweet, this festival season and share it with friends and family to receive appreciation from them.

Furthermore, some more related and additional tips, suggestions, and variants to the makhane ki barfi recipe. In this recipe, I have used a combination of lotus seeds (makhana) and cashew nuts with milk powder. Using cashew nuts is not mandatory and can be skipped. I have used it to make it more creamy and rich. Secondly, in this recipe, I have not prepared sugar syrup and mixed the makhana mixture directly with the dissolved sugar. This is easy, however, preparing the sweet with 1-string sugar syrup makes it much harder and attractive. Lastly, I have shaped these like diamonds or Katli, but they can be shaped like fudge or even cylindrical. In addition, it can be topped with finely chopped mixed nuts to make it more rich and attractive.

Finally, I request you to check my other related Indian Sweets Recipes with this recipe post of the makhana ki barfi recipe. It mainly includes my other related recipes like Modak Recipe With & Without Mold – Tips & Tricks, chikki, Badam Halwa Recipe, White Burfi Recipe, Besan Barfi Recipe, Dry Fruit Laddu Recipe, Milk Powder Burfi Recipe, Gulab Jamun Recipe – Soft with Milk Powder, Rice Laddu Recipe, Sukhdi Recipe. Further to these, I would also like to add some more related recipe categories like,

• Snacks Recipes
• Dessert Recipes
• Breakfast Recipes

About Makhane Ki Barfi:

It is a simple and easy confectionary sweet recipe made with lotus seeds or fox nuts. Lotus seeds popularly known as makhana are a popular religious and culturally significant ingredient in Indian cuisine. In addition, it is also considered as an auspicious ingredient according to the Hindu religion and hence used significantly in rituals and celebrations feasts. Makhana ki barfi Popularly known as Makhana Katli is one such easy and simple sweet recipe.

There are myriad ways to make this simple sweet, but mixing it with milk powder, powdered cashew nuts, and sugar is the simple and popular way. The other common way is to make sugar syrup with a 1-string consistency. This would make it more visible and attractive but can be tricky. The other easy way is to make it with condensed milk, but can be challenging to shape it.

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Recipe Card for Makhane Ki Barfi:

How to make Makhana Sweet with step-by-step photos:

1. Firstly, dry roast 2 cup makhana on low flame until it turns crunchy.
   
2. Make sure to pop and check if makhana is crunchy.
   
3. Cool completely, and transfer to the mixer jar. Also, add ½ cup cashew.
   
4. Pulse and grind to a fine powder.
   
5. Transfer the powder to a large bowl.
   
6. Add ½ cup milk powder, ½ cup desiccated coconut, and ½ tsp cardamom powder.
   
7. Mix well making sure everything is well combined. Keep aside.
   
8. In a large kadai take 2 cup milk and ¾ cup sugar. Stir and dissolve the sugar completely.
   
9. Now add prepared makhana mixture and mix well.
   
10. Mix well making sure the mixture everything is well combined and the mixture thickens.
    
11. Once the mixture starts to thicken, add 1 tsp ghee and mix well.
    
12. Keep mixing until the mixture starts to separate the pan and holds the shape.
    
13. Transfer the mixture onto the butter paper. make sure to grease the butter paper with ghee.
    
14. Start to knead the dough by pressing to form a soft dough.
    
15. Place the makhana dough between butter paper and roll using a rolling pin.
    
16. Roll slightly thick making sure it’s uniform. Now grease with ghee and apply silver leaf or silver vark. Applying vark is optional.
    
17. Now cut into a diamond shape or shape of your choice.
    
18. Finally, enjoy Makhana Sweet Recipe for a week when stored in an airtight container.
    

Notes:

• Firstly, make sure to roast the makhana, else it will not turn crunchy and tasty.
• Also, adding cashew and milk powder gives a nice richness to the mithai.
• Additionally, you can set the mixture into a pan and cut it into a burfi shape.
• finally, Makhana Sweet Recipe tastes great when a tsp of ghee is added.