Name: Khatkhati/Coconut Candy recipe by Pooja Nadkarni at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 25
Ingredients: 1 cup grated coconut; 1/4 cup roasted peanuts; 1/4 Cup Roasted Sesame seeds; 250 grams Jaggery; 1 teaspoon cardamom powder; Little ghee for greasing

ABOUT Khatkhati/Coconut Candy RECIPE

These are delicious Goan sweets prepared out of peanuts, coconut and jaggery . Rich and flavorful and takes about 20 minutes to prepare.

Ingredients Serving: 25

1 cup grated coconut
1/4 cup roasted peanuts
1/4 Cup Roasted Sesame seeds
250 grams Jaggery
1 teaspoon cardamom powder
Little ghee for greasing

Instructions

Roughly crush the roasted peanuts and keep aside.
Grease a plate with ghee for later use.
In a non stick saucepan , add jaggery and let it melt on medium high heat. Keep stirring in between.
Remove from heat once the jaggery is well melted.
Add in grated coconut, crushed peanuts , sesame seeds and cardamom powder and give it a nice mix.
Keep the mixture to cool down for some time, but do not let it cool down completely.
Take some mixture on your palm , may be a size of a lime and shape it up like ladoo and then flatten it in a disc shape.
Place it on the greased plate and repeat for all.
Enjoy and store the rest in air tight container.

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