Kalakand style Coconut Barfi

Ingredients

• Sweetened Condensed Milk - 1 can (400 gms)
• Desiccated Coconut - 2 cups + 1 tbsp
• Sugar - 2 tbsp (Adjust as per liking)
• Ghee - 4-5 tbsp
• Cardamom Powder - 2 tsp
• Almond silvers - 1/3 cup

Method

• Combine sugar, milk and 2 cups coconut in a heavy bottomed pan and cook on medium low heat till milk gets reduced to 1/3rd, about 12-15 mins. Stir in between, to avoid sticking to bottom.
• Add ghee and cardamom powder and stir till ghee starts leaving the side.
• Remove from heat and transfer to either a greased dish or a pan lined with cellophane wrap.
• Sprinkle almond silvers and 1 tbsp coconut on top. Keep in fridge to cool for at least an hour.
• Then cut it with blunt knife in squares and keep back again in fridge for 20 mins.