By Ujjainee Roy
December 13th, 2023
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Winters are the best time for coconut desserts; they’re usually comforting, bracing and have a gentle sweetness that doesn’t overpower other flavours. If you can use them for cakes and muffins, you can use coconuts for desi desserts as well. Here are some great ideas
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Use desiccated coconut, condensed milk, and ghee to make some simple and sweet coconut laddoos and you can enhance them with a hint of cardamom and garnish with chopped nuts.
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Coconut barfi is a classic Indian sweet made with grated coconut, sugar, and ghee. Cooked to a fudgy consistency, it is then set and cut into squares. Add a sprinkle of chopped pistachios or almonds on top for some crunch.
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The warm and decadent dessert is ideal for winter. It’s made with grated coconut with sugar, ghee, and milk and it’s flavoured with cardamom and often garnished with roasted nuts.
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Combine grated coconut with jaggery and shape the mixture into modaks. The natural sweetness of jaggery adds a rustic touch to this coconutty treat.
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Prepare a warm and creamy coconut rice pudding by simmering rice in coconut milk and sweetening it with jaggery or sugar. Garnish with roasted coconut flakes and nuts for added texture.
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Coconut sheera, also known as coconut halwa or barfi, is made by roasting semolina (sooji) in ghee and then adding coconut and sugar. This dessert is flavoured with cardamom and garnished with chopped nuts, making it a delightful winter treat.
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Malai peda is a creamy and luscious sweet, and incorporating coconut into it adds a disticnt texture. Prepare malai peda by simmering condensed milk, coconut, and a bit of ghee until it thickens. Shape into small rounds, and garnish with pistachios
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The Bengali dessert that resembles thin crepes filled with a coconut and jaggery mixture. Cook grated coconut with jaggery until it forms a sticky, sweet mixture. Spread this filling on thin crepes, roll them up, and serve warm
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