{"id":120531,"date":"2020-08-02T19:25:20","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-global-press.pantheonsite.io\/?p=4811"},"modified":"2020-08-02T19:25:20","modified_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","slug":"coconut-burfi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=120531","title":{"rendered":"Coconut Burfi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>HALWAS AND BURFIS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most types of Halwa are relatively dense confections sweetened with sugar or jaggery and use large quantities of ghee in their making. The texture may vary, but semolina based Halwa, which are the most popular, are gelatinous and translucent. In North India, kada prasad offered in the gurdwara of Sikh temples is a wheat based, ghee and sugar laden halwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> India has many types of halwa sweet confectionery, region wise categorized. They include the widely popular suji (semolina) halwa. Other region specific halwa include wheat halwa, moong dal ka halwa, gajar (carrot) ka halwa, Dudhi (bottle gourd) Halwa, Kesari Bath (saffron colored semolina), etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Barfi, burfi 40 On the other hand, it is a dense milk-based sweet. A few of the famous varieties of barfi include besan barfi (made with gram flour), kaju barfi (made with cashews), pista barfi (made with ground pistachios), and sing barfi (made with peanuts). The main ingredients of plain barfis include condensed\/thickened milk and sugar. The ingredients are cooked in a vessel until the mixture solidifies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The flavour of a barfi is often enhanced with fruits (such as mango or coconut) or nuts (such as cashew, pistachio, or peanut) and spices (such as cardamom). Burfis are typically cut into square, diamond, or round shapes. The sweet is easily adapted for casual occasions to the most formal event. Different types of barfi vary in their colour and texture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The confection is served all year round, but especially consumed during the holiday seasons, wedding ceremonies, and religious festivals. Barfi is often served during Eid and also Diwali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--WPRM Recipe 4813-->\n<div class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe\">\n\t<h2 class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-name\">Coconut Burfi<\/h2>\n\t<img class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-image\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-global-press.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Coconut-Burfi1-150x150.jpg\" \/>\t<p class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-summary\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-ingredients\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-instructions\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-notes\">\n\t\t<h3>Ingredients:<\/h3>\n<p>Coconuts &#8211; 2<\/p>\n<p>Brown sugar for syrup- 26 palam<\/p>\n<p>Saffron powder &#8211; 1\/8-rupee coin size<\/p>\n<p>Brown sugar &#8211; 6 palam<\/p>\n<p>Cardamom powder &#8211; \u00bc palam<\/p>\n<h3>Method:<\/h3>\n<p>\u25cf Grate and fry 2 coconuts. Take \u00be amount of water and 26 palam brown sugar and make syrup out of it like the previous recipe. Dissolve powder into little milk.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Add the grated coconuts into it and mix well. Mix brown sugar 6 palam and cardamom powder into the grated coconut. Smear ghee in a wide mouthed tray and pour this mixture into the tray and make small cubes out of it. Instead of coconut, you can add copra or dessicated coconut to make this burfi.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!--End WPRM Recipe-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALWAS AND BURFIS Most types of Halwa are relatively dense confections sweetened with sugar or jaggery and use large quantities of ghee in their making. The texture may vary, but semolina based Halwa, which are the most popular, are gelatinous and translucent. In North India, kada prasad offered in the gurdwara of Sikh temples is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[28,34,35],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}