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Kalakand Burfi Recipe with Homemade Chenna / Chena

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Authentic Kalakand Barfi, an Indian style festival dessert, especially made with milk solids and sugar. Recipe below gives step wise pics and tips to make Kalakand from scratch at home.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Dessert, Sweet
Cuisine Indian
Servings 15 pieces

Equipment

  • Sauce Pan / Vessel (for stove-top method)
  • Food processor / Blender / Mixie.
  • Frying pan (for stove-top method)

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for Kalakand:

  • 1 cup Chena / Chenna (pressed)
  • ½ cup Sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon Cardamom / Elaichi Powder
  • ¼ cup Pistachio (coarsely grounded)
  • palm size Sweetened Chocolate Bar 
  • ½ teaspoon Ghee / Butter (for greasing the tray)

Additional Ingredients for Chenna / Chena:

  • 2 litres Fresh Whole Milk
  • 6 tablespoons Lemon Juice / Vinegar
  • ¼ cup Water

Instructions
 

TO MAKE CHENNA / CHENA FROM SCRATCH:

  • Put a sauce pan on stove top under medium flame, add the milk. Bring it to boil.
    Mix up the lime juice & water in a small cup.
    Pour this mix inot the boiling milk.
    Gently mix up everything.
  • Leave the vessel under low flame for 15-20 mins, for the milk to solidify and the whey to form.
  • Later, switch the flame off.
    Put a colander above a wide vessel such that it fits the colander perfectly.
    Pour the entire content of the milk solids along with water onto the colander.
    Leave it for 5-10 mins, let the whey water and milk solids separate.
    These milk solids are called Chenna / Chena.

TO MAKE KALAKAND BURFI:

  • In a mixie / blender / processor, take the chenna (milk soilds) and sugar, as per measurements. Blend them into soft paste. Do not add any water.
  • Transfer this smooth paste into a pan. Add the cardamom powder too.
    Put the pan on stove-top under medium flame.
  • Keep mixing the content until the soft paste turns into solid mass as shown.
    Might take 15 - 20 mins.
    At this stage switch the flame off.
  • Grease a tray with ghee/butter. Gently put the kalakand onto the tray.
    Leave it to dry until 20 mins.
  • In the meanwhile, take the chocolate bar into a glass vessel, and melt it in the microwave for just 30 secs.
    Apply this melted chocolate onto the slab of Kalakand. Spread evenly.
  • Immediately sprinkle the grounded pistachio onto the chocolate spread.
    Let everything dry for about 10 mins.
  • Using a sharp knife cut the kalakand slab into equal squares or diamonds. Done!

Notes

Please see the MAIN POST for recipe with step wise PICS & TIPS.
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