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9 Sweets That cannot Be Made Without Coconut

COCONUT SWEETS

Here are some popular coconut-based sweets (Mithai) where coconut is inevitable.

Small, round sweet balls made from grated coconut, cream or condensed milk, and cardamom, garnished with nuts.

COCONUT MALAI LADOO

This is a south Indian dessert made from tender coconut water, pulp, and milk, flavored with cardamom

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RASMALAI

A crunchy brittle made with jaggery or sugar and coconut, sometimes mixed with sesame seeds or peanuts.

COCONUT CHIKKI

A soft chewy coconut fudge made with grated coconut, cream or condensed milk, and sugar, flavored with cardamom.

NARIYAL BARFI

A traditional Bengali and Telugu sweet made from jaggery and grated coconut, shaped into small balls.

NARKEL NARU & KOBBARI UNDALU

This is like a sweet samosa with a filling of khoya and grated coconut, flavored with cardamon.

GUJIYA

A soft, fudge-like sweet made from coconut, khoya (reduced milk), and sugar.

COCONUT PEDA

One from Tamil nadu and the other Karnataka, this specialty, is a sweet flatbread stuffed with coconut and jaggery mixture.

THENGAI POLI & KAYI HOLIGE

A steamed or fried rice flour dumpling filled with a sweet mixture of coconut and jaggery, popular during Ganesh Chaturthi.

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