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Coconut Burfi - a South Indian Sweet

Cuisine: Indian
Courses: Dessert, Starters and appetizers
Serves: 1 people

Recipe Ingredients

700   Sugar
2   Coconuts
35   Cashewnuts
7   Cardamom - (to 8)
70   Ghee

Recipe Instructions

1. Shred the coconut. Break the cashewnuts into small pieces and fry them in ghee. Powder the cardamom.

2. Heat water in a vessel containing 1/4 ltr. of water and add the sugar to it. After the sugary liquid is no longer thin, add the coconut shreds and heat it until it turns thick.

3. After sufficient stirring, add the fried cashewnut pieces and ghee and stir the mixture well. Add the powdered cardamom and mix it thoroughly and stop heating.

4. Pour the mixture onto a plate which could accomodate sufficient thickness. Cut into rectangular pieces while hot.

Source:
Translated from 'Samaithu Paar', a cookbook in Tamil

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