Barfi
Confection
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Barfi (also spelt barfee, burfi or borfi) is a dense, fudge-like Indian sweet made by cooking milk solids and sugar to a soft, sliceable mass and cutting it into squares or diamonds. The plain milk version is the template, but the name covers a large family of variants flavoured and coloured with pistachio, cashew, coconut, chocolate, fruit or spice.
Picking a good onedrag
Soft, milky-sweet, sharply cutDried out, sour, furred
A day or two onEveryday bestStill the gift sweet: serve it with coffee or chai, or finish a meal with a piece, the way a mithai box is worked through.
Smell it closePlainly milky and sweet, but the cardamom has gone quiet behind the sugar
Press the cut faceFirmer under the thumb and still dents; the grain reads drier, more distinct
The face and the leafFaces a little dulled, the corners just beginning to round off and dry
The counter it came fromA chilled cabinet, or a sealed box carrying a made-on or use-by date