INSTANT COCONUT BARFI

With Rakshabandhan, Janmashtami, Durgapuja, Diwali approaching, we all are gearing up for preparing home made sweets. Our festive season starts with Rakshabandhan and ends with Holi or may be festivity never ends. There are many celebrations throughout the year; regional, cultural, social, religious. In all the regions of India homemade sweets are made with  a lot of love and care for these occasions.

Coconut is an important ingredient in our homemade sweets. We consider coconut auspicious. These round, brown fruit belongs to the palm family. We perhaps use every part of it, from it's water to the shell. This is also true with any island city or country. Where it grows abundantly, there it is used the maximum.

We have grown up eating a number of coconut sweets. Making of them were time consuming but the taste was mouthwatering. The other day I had some shredded coconut and was thinking if I can prepare an instant coconut sweet and here is the INSTANT RAW COCONUT BARFI. It was a fun, easy, relaxing cooking project. Only that we have to refrigerate them and always serve chilled. Let us do it.

INGREDIENTS :

Shredded Coconut : 2cups
Honey : 3-4 tbsp
Powdered Milk : 3 tbsp

Refined Flour : 2 tsp

Rice Flour : 1 tbsp
Cardamom Powder : 1/4 tsp

Choice of roasted dry fruits to garnish

METHOD :

Mix together the shredded coconut and honey. 

Blend the mixture taken in a blender, transfer to a bowl. Add the refined flour, rice flour, powdered milk and cardamom powder.

Rub the dough for 7-8 minutes. Transfer the dough to a greased plate, press to flatten and refrigerate.

Take out after an hour, cut into desired shapes. Transfer the instant coconut sweet onto a clean container and refrigerate again.

Serve chilled always, otherwise they tend to get soft and break. We are not cooking it.... hence they will not get sticky and tighten. There is no compromise with taste though. 

It should be eaten quick, raw coconut spoils even in the refrigerator.