Ingredients 

 

Full fat milk 1 and 1/2 l

Juice of 1 and 1/2 of a lemon

Khoya or mawa 100 gm

Desiccated coconut 3/4 th of a cup

Powdered sugar 1 and 1/2 cup or adjust as per your taste

Chocolate ganache 1 and 1/2 cups

Roasted and ground cashews 1/2 cup

 

Procedure 

 

• heat the milk in a heavy bottomed saucepan and bring to a boil by stirring occasionally. Once the milk starts boiling add the lemon juice little by little with continued stirring till the milk curdled.
• once the milk have curdled, switch off the flames a let it cool a little. Then strain the chenna with the help of a kitchen cloth or any clean cloth
• wash the chenna with cold running water and squeeze the cloth containing the chenna with full pressure to remove as much water from it as possible
• now take out the chenna in a flat bottomed plate and press and rub the chenna with your palm for about 15 to 20 minutes or till it comes to a smooth texture
• now add the khoya and again rub and mix well with the chenna
• then add the coconut and powdered sugar and mix well with constant rubbing
• now heat a non stick frying pan at medium flames and once hot add this mixture to it and keep stirring and mixing the chenna mixture untill it stops sticking to the pan
• now take out the mixture in an oil greased tray or a flat bottomed plate or you can use a parchment paper if available and flatten the mixture evenly on the tray
• in a bowl mix the chocolate ganache and the ground cashews and pour it on top of the flattened mixture to form a semi smooth layer
• now keep it in the fridge for about 2 hours and then cut it out into barfis or any shape of your choice.
• coconut barfi with nutty chocolate crust is ready to be served.