Khajoor (Dates) ki Barfi

Ingredients

2 cup dates

2 cup full-cream milk

1 cup milk powder

1 tablespoon crushed cashew nuts

¼ teaspoon cardamom powder

1 tablespoon ghee (clarified butter)

Method

In a microwave safe bowl take the dates, add 1 cup milk to them and microwave for 5 minutes.

The dates will absorb the milk and will become very soft.  Now remove their seeds.

Add remaining milk and milk powder to dates and mash them in a food processor.

Pour the whole contents into a nonstick Kadhai/wok and cook on a slow flame. Keep stirring it.

In about 15 minutes the mixture will reduce in volume and turn into a soft dough.

Now add ghee to it and again cook it for 5 minutes. Keep stirring it.

Add cardamom powder to this mixture and mix it well.

Now pour the contents in a flat-bottomed, greased dish and spread it evenly.

Garnish it with crushed cashew nuts.

Cool it at room temperature and then refrigerate it.

After an hour or so, cut it into squares or diamond-shaped barfi with the help of sharp knife or pizza cutter.