Dessert: Coconut Barfi/ Ladoos

Serves: 4-6

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoon semolina (also called suji or rawa)
• 500 gm desiccated coconut
• 4-5 peeled cardamom seeds (only seeds, not skin)
• 250 gm sweetened condensed milk

Method:

• In a frying pan, dry roast semolina.
• Add coconut.
• Add cardamom seeds.
• Then, pour sweetened condensed milk.
• Mix them all till it forms a thick consistency.
• Turn off heat and pour the mix onto a flat tray.
• Cool it in the refrigerator.
• Then, with a knife cut it in diamond shapes.
• Each diamond is a barfi.

For Ladoo:

• Turn off heat and while the mix is still warm, scoop out portions and roll them in your palms to form balls.
• The balls become harder and look nicer when they cool down.
• You can store these in a box in fridge and have them over a few days.