Indian cuisine

  Indian cuisine Variety of taste and traditional Barfi Even though its name originates from Persia, barfi is an original Indian dessert which resembles a fudge. It belongs to a wider group of Indian sweets united under the name  mithai . In Persian and Urdu, the name  burfi  denotes  snow  and  ice , referring to the visual characteristics of this dessert in its simple, original form. It is also prepared and gifted during the annual Diwali festival. When served at weddings and similar festivities, barfi is usually decorated with beaten and edible silver leaf called  vark . It is made with a base of condensed milk solids ( khoa  or  khoya ), granulated sugar, and ghee, and the most common ingredients added to the base include nuts, usually pistachios, cashews, and peanuts. However, fruits, saffron, rose water, gram flour, or almonds are also found in some regional varieties. The additional ingredients affect the final appeara...