Green chana barfi | chholiya barfi

I would like to thank Anjali Bhargava for this wonderful innovative recipe. I had brought around 1/2 kg of green chana with shells from market and wanted to cook them. I asked my friend for a traditional recipe from their community as I have never seen this cooked in my family. She gave me this recipe for a sweet dessert can be prepared during any Indian festival.

During Winter you can find these green chickpeas selling in heaps in the vegetable market. They are sold with a semi hard coating ,which has to be removed to find these tender soft green chanas inside.Each shell has maximum1 or 2 chickpeas.Deshelling them is time consuming.

Benefits of green chickpeas [ref]

1. It is rich in protein like any other legumes helpful for growth and repair.

2. Green chickpeas are a rich source of vitamins A and C which are used to increase immunity, good for eyes and skin health

3.  Green chickpeas are also rich in vitamin B9 or folate which are natural antidepressants.

Ingredients

• 1 cup green chickpeas
• 150 gms mawa(reduced dried milk)
• 1/2 cup condensed milk
• 2 green cardamom
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4th cup clarified butter

Preparations

• Make a paste of the green chickpeas
• Heat ghee
• Saute the green paste for 5 to 10 minutes
• Make a smooth paste of the unsweetened mawa in grinder
• Add the mawa and stir
• Add 1/2 cup condensed milk and keep on stirring in slow flame
• When the mixture is leaving the sides of the pan ,add sugar and stir
• add cardamom powder and stir
• set it in a greased pan and chill for 2 to 3 hours
• Cut into squares and serve
• You can decorate with chopped pistachios and almonds.

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Green chana barfi | chholiya barfi

This is a wonderful innovative dessert with beautiful green color, prepared from the green chickpeas which are rich in protein and folate.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Chilling time 3 hours

Servings 10 people

Author indrani

Ingredients

• 1 cup green chickpeas
• 150 gms mawa reduced dried milk
• 1/2 cup condensed milk
• 2 green cardamom
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 th cup clarified butter

Instructions

1. Make a paste of the green chickpeas
2. Heat ghee
3. Saute the green paste for 5 to 10 minutes
4. Make a smooth paste of the unsweetened mawa in grinder
5. Add the mawa and stir
6. Add 1/2 cup condensed milk and keep on stirring in slow flame
7. When the mixture is leaving the sides of the pan ,add sugar and stir
8. add cardamom powder and stir
9. set it in a greased pan and chill for 2 to 3 hours
10. Cut into squares and serve
11. You can decorate with chopped pistachios and almonds.