Consuming peanuts in winter is a combination of taste and health and similarly sesame is also rich in nutrients and the things made from it taste amazing. Even just roasted sesame seeds are very tasty. Jaggery is also considered beneficial for health in the winter season, because its nature is also warming. You might have eaten sesame laddus, chikki made of peanuts, sesame and jaggery, gajak, but have you ever tried its barfi? Barfi made of jaggery, sesame seeds and peanuts will be liked by adults as well as children in your house and it is also very healthy, eating it in a balanced manner can provide many benefits to health in winters.
While peanuts and sesame seeds are an excellent source of plant-based protein, they are also rich in many vitamins and minerals including calcium. Jaggery is also an excellent source of iron. Barfi made from these three things will keep the body warm in cold weather and is beneficial for your muscles, from bones to bones. So let us know the recipe and how many nutrients are available.
Nutrients of sesame and peanuts
According to Health Line, Sesame seeds support your bone health. Apart from this, sesame also has many benefits, because it is a rich source of many nutrients. Sesame contains calcium, zinc, manganese, magnesium, B1, B3, B6, vitamin E, iron, copper and many other nutrients.
US Department of Agriculture According to , many plant based compounds including protein, calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, zinc, copper, selenium, B complex vitamins, vitamin E, fatty acids are also found in peanuts.
What will be the ingredients required for barfi?
One cup peanuts and half cup white sesame seeds, one cup jaggery (broken into small pieces), one and a half spoon desi ghee and two spoons water. 1 teaspoon pistachio shavings. Apart from this, you will need two spoons of fresh cream of milk. If you want to make more barfi, then increase all the ingredients in the same proportion. Now let us know the easy recipe of sesame and peanut barfi.
Peanut-Sesame Barfi
- First of all, roast the peanuts thoroughly on medium to low flame so that their rawness goes away and a nice roasted aroma starts emanating.
- It will take you at least 20 to 25 minutes to roast peanuts. While roasting the grains, you have to keep stirring them continuously with a ladle, otherwise the grains start burning.
- When the peanuts are roasted, take them out in a plate and then put them in a clean towel, make a bundle and mash it well.
- With this, the skin of the peanuts gets easily removed and the hands do not get burnt.
- After separating the peels from the peanuts, keep them in a plate so that they cool thoroughly.
- Now dry roast the sesame seeds and fry it till golden while stirring continuously on low flame so that a good aroma is obtained.
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- Put roasted peanuts in a mixer and grind them so that they become powder.
- After grinding peanuts, sesame has to be ground and its powder also has to be made. Just keep one spoon sesame seeds aside for garnish.
- After making sesame and peanut powder, add one spoon of desi ghee in a thick bottomed pan and add jaggery in it.
- If you feel that the jaggery is burning then add one to one and a half teaspoon of water in it and then melt it well while stirring.
- When the jaggery melts, add sesame and peanut powder to it and also add two spoons of cream and turn off the gas.
- Quickly grease a plate with ghee and add the prepared sesame-jaggery and peanut mixture into it and spread it to the thickness of the barfi.
- Spread sesame and pistachio shavings over the barfi and then press gently with a ladle.
- Your barfi will be ready at room temperature in 15 to 20 minutes. Cut it into desired shapes with a knife, take it out and enjoy.
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