Coconut Sweet

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Total Time:
1 hour
Serves: 6
Nutrition facts:

240 calories, 9 grams fat

Category: Festive Recipe
Cuisine: Indian Recipe
Difficulty: Medium

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Ingredients

  • Coconut - 2 whole (fresh and grated)
  • Jaggery - 1/2 kg, grated
  • Cardamoms - 10 to12 (powdered)
  • Maida flour - 1/2 kg
  • Wheat flour - 1/2 kg
  • Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Cashew nuts - 15 (small pieces fried in ghee)
  • Khus khus - 50 g
  • Oil - 1/4 kg
  • Ghee - 1/4 kg

How to Make Coconut Sweet

  • Grind fresh grated coconut and put it in a container to heat.
  • Add grated jaggery, ghee, kashkash, cashew nuts to it. Stir it continuously, until it mixes well and forms a paste.
  • Take out from the stove and add cardamom powder to it.
  • When it is cooled, make small balls out of it and keep aside.
  • Take maida and wheat flour (you can also use maida).
  • Add oil 5 tsp, turmeric and water, and mix it well into a smooth dough.
  • Add 2 tbsp of oil on the top of that and keep it aside 15 minutes.
  • Divide dough into small balls, make a hole, insert a sweet ball and cover that hole. Roll them into round shape (like parathas).
  • Grease the tawa or pan with ghee and place this over it. When done one side turn and apply ghee on other side.
  • It should be golden brown in colour when you remove.
  • Store it in a dry container and eat with ghee on the top.

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