Coconut Barfi

Sweetmeat made from coconut

Recipe by Shama K. Pullabhotla of

This is a minimum ingredient, quick and easy barfi that everybody will enjoy.

Ingredients vegetarian 4 servings

  • 1 cup Clarified Butter
  • 2 cups Coconut, fresh shredded
  • 3 cups Sugar
  • 4 cups Milk


  1. Add all the four above mentioned ingredients to a deep non stick vessel.
  2. Allow the milk to boil on low flame stirring the contents occassionally.
  3. Once the milk starts thickening, check if the mixture has attained the required consistency (A simple test is to wet your hand, put some mixture on the palm and see if you can roll it up into a ball.
  4. If you cannot, then wait for some more time before you can try it out again)
  5. Keep stirring the contents throughout the whole process Once the consistency is right, pour the mixture on to a greased tray (greased with ghee or butter)
  6. Cut the mixture into squares and allow it to cool




thnx shama for sharing ur recipe bcoz i like coconut burfi very much n want to make it by my own.


wah yaar!!!!!!


Clarified butter is often used in Indian cooking, where it is called ghee

Harish Varshney

can it make by dry coconut


how much time this recipe will take? Should I make it one day before for dinner party???


what do you mean by clarrified butter,can u explain this or give example which type of butter.

Anjali Chatterton

Can we add real fruit pulp in the same?Eg Banana,Strawberry or fruit

ravi sidhu

I just want to know that when I have to shredd the coconut,I have to shredd with black skin on or without it.Thanks.

Nusrat Ashfaq

I have tried this recipe several times. its really delicious.thanks for such a nice recipe.I usually make this barfi in oval shape & then apply shreddeed coconut (dried) over it, to give it a more coconutty look.