A healthy and delicious treat perfect to serve as a snack or after dinner treat.
Ingredients:
8 ripe soft medjool dates
60 ml hot water
30 g pistachio nuts
30 g cashew nuts
30 g almonds
30 g dessicated coconut
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder
Pinch of saffron
Method:
1. Remove the stones from the dates and chop finely. Place the dates in a bowl and add 60 ml boiling water and the saffron strands and leave from 1 hour.
2. In a coffee grinder coarsely grind the pistachio nuts, cashew nuts and almonds.
3. In a large bowl mix together the coarsely ground nuts, dessicated coconut, sugar, cardamom powder.
4. Using the back of a spoon mash together the soaked dates. Add the soaked dates to the nut mixture a little at a time until all the ingredients are combined. Mixture should not be too wet and if made into balls should retain shape.
5. Pinch small walnut sized balls of the mixture and push them into silicon chocolate moulds to shape them.
6. Once all the mixture is shaped in the moulds place the tray in the fridge to chill for 1 hour.
7. De mould the barfi and keep refrigerated .
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Lets cook sweet treats for Easter event by simply.food
Taste of Tropics ~ Dates Event by Chef Mireille guest hosted by citrusspice
Javelin Warrior Cookin/with luv
Dates and nuts - two of my favourite foods! I'll have to try this.
ReplyDeleteI hope you do Karen do let me know how you enjoyed them.
DeleteI love barfi :)
ReplyDeleteThese look amazing and easy too! Wonderfully photographed!
ReplyDeleteThankyou Sonia.
DeleteSo easy! (Have to convert the measurements to standard since I'm in measurement-backwards-non-metric America!)
ReplyDeleteWhat happens if you DON'T keep them in the fridge? I'm always looking for easy, yummy, PACKED with goodness snacks for hiking.
Kimberley, since I didn't cook the datesin the water, I am not sure of the shelf life of these long term.If you want these to travel it would be best not to soak the dates in water instead grind them to a pulp and add a sponful of honey to the mixture to bind it. they will keep without any problem.
DeleteThis, once again looks lovely. I'm not a fan of dates but I'd still like to try it!
ReplyDeleteHollie replace the dates with prunes or dried apricots instead.
DeleteThose look quite yummy, I love eating nutty things.
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Oh wow - looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteI love your dishes - where are they from!?
Mary Louise I have an obsession with food props my collections are sourced from charity shops, jumble sales, family, friends , from vacations and generally I claim stuff that no one wants!!! lol
DeleteVery healthy and they look tasty.
ReplyDeleteAn intriguing mix of nuts and spices - this would make a great energy snack!
ReplyDeleteSeeing dates in the title put me off, but as you can't really see them in the end maybe this could be a cunning plan to encourage me to eat more fruit, I love nuts so that bit works for me.
ReplyDeleteKate replace the dates with dried apricots or prunes instead.
DeleteI love pistachio nuts! I am sure we will enjoy this one... going to try it over the weekend
ReplyDeleteOn the lookout for snacks that are also healthy, or at least not unhealhty.
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious!
ReplyDeleteA really easy recipe. Looks so good!
ReplyDeleteI love date and nuts, I got a grinder for Christmas, that I haven't used yet so I will give this a try.
ReplyDeleteI am sure you will love this its so easy to make and delicious.
Deleteyummylicious barfi
ReplyDeleteThis looks really interesting and your photography is stunning!
ReplyDeleteThankyou Suzanne.
DeleteI sometimes see these indian sweets for sale in drummond street, very yummy looking and almost healthy!
ReplyDeleteFiona, this is my take on a healthy version very little sugar and no clarified butter which is the main ingredient in Indian sweets.
DeleteOooh! I'm not sure I could stop at just one of these. GG
ReplyDeletehi Nayna...
ReplyDeletewow... Nut burfi... interesting...
my mum makes badam burfi.... and i always love it !!
your pics are spell bound... !
Thankyou Sandya so pleased to see you dropped by here.Welcome back.
Deletelooks so yummy! photography too is great :) Perfect
ReplyDeleteWoww.. how pretty!!.. looks so delicious and perfect.. great presentation too.. :)
ReplyDeleteThankyou Hari
DeleteMouthwatering !
ReplyDeleteYummy, I love dates and this looks delicious as well as healthy. Gorgeous photos, too. Thanks for sharing. I look forward to exploring some of your other recipes during the Ultimate Blog Challenge.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to your visits Minette.
DeleteThis is one recipe where the title made me do a double-take. There has to be a better name than "barfi"! ;)
ReplyDelete@ Scott Barfi is a traditional name name given to any indian fudge type of sweet.
Deletethey sound delicious, but I recently developed a nut allergy. Such a shame!
ReplyDeleteThese look rather scrummy:)
ReplyDeleteI love nute, these look lovely, mine probably wouldn't come out as good as yours look!
ReplyDeleteEmily @ www.londonmummyoftwo.com
That sounds absolutely delicious! Will bookmark it and give it a go!
ReplyDeleteI love barfi of any kind this looks goregous!
ReplyDeleteI have never tried dates before,but love nuts. will have to give this a go
ReplyDeleteMmmmm . . . looks good. I'll need to try this out!
ReplyDeletethis looks absolutely delicious, I wish I could learn to take pictures like this I love them they make the food look so good I will definitely be having ago at this recipe thanks x
ReplyDeleteThis looks delicious and healthy!
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious! Thank you for sharing. Your photos really enhance the posting- well done!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Will have to try these!
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious x
ReplyDeleteThese look both healthy and tasty. Fab Nayna.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully presented like always! Very impressive :)
ReplyDeleteMy first ever batch of barfi didn't set, been scared to make since but I absolutely love the combination you have in yours, sounds yum!!
ReplyDeleteMust try this, I love dates and nuts, though not so sure about the cardamon.
ReplyDeleteThese look scrummy - would be perfect for Lou's Family Foodies challenge over at Eat Your Veg. The theme is healthy snacks :)
ReplyDeleteThey look beautiful!
ReplyDeleteJanie x
I love dates. Your biscuits look so crumbly and vulnerable and just screeming to be eaten slowly and savour each bite!
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious. I am going to try this recipe out x
ReplyDeleteThese sound delicious. I always find if you have unusual snacks in the fridge you tend to appreciate them more and eat less. I'll be giving these a go.
ReplyDeleteNot been a lover of dates in the past but this recipe seems interesting...
ReplyDeleteThey sound tasty and healthy!
ReplyDeleteThey look lovely but I'm not a fan of nuts or dates. The kids and husband would probably love them though!
ReplyDeleteI've never had a barfi before but this may be my first
ReplyDeleteOh wow! These look amazing, and the ingredients definitely get the thumbs up.
ReplyDeleteI love dates, that sounds divine.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds very rich and delicious
ReplyDelete@jaizduck
That's definitely my sort of thing! Do you use cardamom powder or do you powder it yourself? I've read that cardamom loses its flavor very easily in powder form!
ReplyDeleteI love dates so it's perfect snack for me ;) I only had mango and pistachio barfi.
ReplyDeleteThese look really interesting.
ReplyDeleteLovely recipe thanks!
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