Dry Fruit Barfi (Fruit & Nut Squares)

Name: Dry Fruit Barfi
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 12 min
Yield: 16 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Punjab)
Ingredients: 150g mawa/khoya, grated; 80g milk powder; 80g powdered sugar; 60g mixed dry fruits (almonds, pistachios, cashews, dates, apricots), finely chopped; 30ml ghee; ½ tsp cardamom powder; pinch saffron strands; ghee for greasing pan; [Swasthi's Recipes](https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com); [Hebbar's Kitchen](https://hebbarskitchen.com); [Dassana's Veg Recipes](https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com); [Ranveer Brar Official](https://ranveerbrar.com); [Tarla Dalal](https://www.tarladalal.com)

🟢 Veg🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 50. Dry Fruit Barfi recipe

⏱️10 minPrep

🔥2 minCook

🕒12 minTotal

🍽️16Serves

🧺 Ingredients

👩‍🍳 How to make Dry Fruit Barfi

Chop dry fruits (5 mins): Finely chop all dry fruits to uniform small pieces (visual cue: evenly sized small pieces).
Heat ghee (1 min, low heat): Warm ghee in heavy-bottomed pan (visual cue: ghee becomes liquid).
Mix (2 mins, low heat): Add mawa and milk powder to ghee. Mix on low heat for 2 minutes (visual cue: mixture becomes uniform, coats ghee).
Add sweetener (2 mins, low heat): Add powdered sugar and cardamom powder. Mix thoroughly on low heat (visual cue: mixture becomes thick, uniform, sweet aroma rises).
Add dry fruits (2 mins, low heat): Add chopped dry fruits and saffron strands. Mix thoroughly on low heat for 2 minutes (visual cue: dry fruits are evenly distributed, saffron color visible).
Set (2 hours): Transfer to greased pan, press down firmly. Cool 2 hours at room temperature until firm (visual cue: barfi becomes cuttable, dry fruits visible).
Cut (3 mins): Cut into 16 squares using greased knife (visual cue: clean cuts, colorful dry fruits visible in cross-section).
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📖 Cultural notes

Dry Fruit Barfi is the premium, most expensive Punjabi festival sweet, traditionally made for high-status weddings and celebrations, symbolizing ultimate luxury and prosperity. --- ---

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