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Carrot Barfi Recipe: Carrot Barfi can now be prepared at home in minutes. There is no grinding and no need to cook milk for hours. With a pressure cooker and milk powder, this recipe is perfect in both taste and texture, great for kids and families.
Carrot Barfi Recipe: Winter season and the desire to make sweets at home – these two often come together. As soon as the name of carrot sweet comes to mind, people often think of hours of hard work and the pain in their hands while rubbing carrots, but is it really necessary to put in so much effort to make delicious carrot barfi? The answer is-absolutely not! Now you can make delicious halwai-like carrot barfi at home in minutes, without any hard work. This recipe is special for those people who want the real taste of sweets but are short on time. We have made smart use of pressure cooker in this recipe, due to which the carrots become soft and both the taste and color remain intact. Also, the use of milk powder and desi ghee in it gives it a wonderful taste like market sweets. With this easy and quick recipe, you can prepare a perfect winter dessert for children and family. Now no more hours of hard work, no worry about burning milk – just ready-made carrot barfi, which will bring a smile on everyone’s face.
Ingredients to make carrot barfi
-Carrot: 1 kg (red, wash well and peel)
-Sugar: 1 cup (or as per taste)
-Desi Ghee: 3–4 tbsp
-Milk powder: 1 cup
-Cardamom powder: half teaspoon
-Chopped cashew-almonds: to decorate
-Milk: half cup
How to make carrot barfi
1. First of all, peel the carrots and cut them into small pieces. No need to rub now.
2. Add 1 spoon ghee in pressure cooker and add chopped carrots. Add half cup milk and let it boil for 2 whistles.
3. After the whistle comes out, open the lid. The carrots will have become soft. Mash it – it will become like grated carrot.
4. Turn on the gas and add sugar to it. Sugar will release water, cook it until the water dries up.
5. Now add remaining ghee and milk powder. Fry it until the mixture starts leaving the pan. Add cardamom powder and mix well.
6. Spread the mixture in a lightly greased plate. Sprinkle cashew-almonds on top. Let set for 1–2 hours.
7. After setting, cut into desired shapes.
That’s it, your homemade delicious and soft carrot barfi is ready.
special things
-There will be no hand pain, no waiting for hours in this recipe.
-Milk powder and desi ghee give it a taste like market sweets.
-After setting, it can also be kept in the refrigerator, both taste and texture remain intact.
