Name: Coconut Ice (a delicious dessert from Goa) recipe by Amrita Iyer at BetterButter
Prep time: 720 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 750 min
Yield: 30
Ingredients: 160 gms ghee; 330 gms fine Semolina/Rava/Sooji; 300 gms unsalted Cashew Powder; 400 gms powdered/caster sugar; 880 gms grated Coconut (almost 1 big Coconut); 2 – 4 drops Red Colour (optional); 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla/Almond/Rose essence; 2 tsp Coconut Concentrate (optional)

ABOUT Coconut Ice (a delicious dessert from Goa) RECIPE

There are many recipes of Coconut Ice around the world and in most places it is a soft candy.But here it is almost like a Burfi (having been adapted to Indian cuisine) and is had like a dessert.However after setting it,the dessert when cut looks so pretty and charming – owing to the fact that the sugar and Coconut Milk glaze the top making it look like a Sorbet,that the name stuck to it!

Ingredients Serving: 30

160 gms ghee
330 gms fine Semolina/Rava/Sooji
300 gms unsalted Cashew Powder
400 gms powdered/caster sugar
880 gms grated Coconut (almost 1 big Coconut)
2 – 4 drops Red Colour (optional)
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla/Almond/Rose essence
2 tsp Coconut Concentrate (optional)

Instructions

Divide the grated coconut into 2 measures – one of 400 gms and the other of 480 gms.Take the 480 gms measure and spoon it into a blender jar.Add 2 cups water and blend it into a fine,thick milk.Keep this aside.
Grease a tray or Thali with ghee and keep aside.
Heat ghee on medium heat and add the Semolina.Fry for 5 minutes till roasted but not changed colour.Add the cashew powder and sugar and mix well to combine.Now add both the Coconut as well as the prepared Coconut milk and mix well.
Keep cooking till the mixture becomes thick and starts leaving the sides of the pan.When it comes together as a common mass then take off heat and add colour,essence and coconut concentrate (if using).
Mix well and spread on the greased and prepared Thali.
Set for 12 – 14 hours or overnight till it is firmly set and cooled. Press Cashews on top if you want or leave it plain.Serve.

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