In one of my travels to Kerala I came across a simple dessert made with coconut. Hope you will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed it!
| Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Grated Coconut | 1 cup |
| Jaggery (Gur or Gud) | ½ cup |
| Cardamom Powder | 1 tsp |
| Plain Flour (Maida) | ½ cup |
| Water | ¼ cup |
| Hot Oil or Ghee (Optional) | 1 tsp |
| oil | for deep frying |
| Honey | 2 tbsps |
Method
- Take a bowl and mix the plain flour,hot ghee and enough water to make a firm dough.Cover it and keep it aside.
- To make he filling,take a pan and heat it. Pour half a cup of water and and add the jaggery and cook both of them till it forms thick syrup.
- Add cardamom powder and grated coconut and mix. Remove from heat and let it cool.
- Make lemon sized balls with this coconut mixture.
- Take the dough and divide it into seven or eight balls.
- Roll each ball into a thin circle.
- Place a coconut ball in the center of the circle and with water wet the edges with little water.
- Now bring all the sides of the circle to the center and close it to make a basket.Do the same with the rest of the balls.
- Fry these baskets in hot oil till golden brown.
- Place one coconut basket in a serving bowl and a scoop of your favourite ice cream and drizzle honey over this and serve.
