Introduction: Coco Apple Sweet
_ Coconut apple sweets are very cute and delicious.
_I used peanuts, fresh coconut and milk powder to make these sweets.
_ You can surprise your guests with these tiny apple sweets for a party.
Supplies
Ingredients required:
- One cup peanuts
- Half cup Sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup Milk powder
- One cup blended fresh coconut
- Crushed cardamom
For decorating :
- Cloves
- Red food colour
- Paint brushes
- Pumpkin seeds or pista
Step 1: Blend Fresh Coconut
- First step is to blend the fresh coconut.
- Take the fresh coconut pieces and transfer to blender and blend them.
- We need one cup of the blended coconut.
Step 2: Roast the Coconut
- Next add little Butter or Ghee in a vessel and add One cup of blended coconut .Roast the coconut until it changes its colour little brown.
- Roasting the coconut gives nice flavour to the sweet.
Step 3: Roast the Peanuts and Keep Ready
- Take one cup of peanuts in a vessel and dry roast them until they pop up and turn crisp.
Step 4: Peel the Skin
- After roasting the peanuts transfer them to a plate and cool down.
- peel the skin by rubbing them in a cloth or by using hands
Step 5: Blend Them
- Transfer the peeled peanuts to a blender
- Blend to powder
- (Don't over blend because it will release oil and turn in to paste)
Step 6: Add Milk Powder to Peanut Powder
- Add 1/4 cup milk powder to the blended peanut powder and give a mix
- Milk powder and coconut gives nice flavour and taste to the sweet
Step 7: Preparing Sugar Syrup
- Now take half cup of sugar in a vessel and add 1/4 cup of water .
- Bring the syrup to boil and keep mixing .
- If we touch the syrup with our fingers and stretch it we should get a one string consistency as shown in my images.our sugar syrup is ready.
Step 8: Add Peanut Milk Powder to Sugar Syrup
- Add peanut milk powder slowly little by little and not
all at once.keep mixing continuosly.
Step 9: Add Roasted Coconut Powder
- After adding the entire peanut milk powder mixture to the syrup we get little crumbled texture and not like a paste .
- Don't switch off the stove.Now add the previously prepared roasted coconut powder and give a mix.
- Cook this just for few minutes and switch off the stove.
Tips :
( We need to use only fresh coconut .The moisture in fresh coconut is enough to make it in to apple shape)
Step 10: Add Crushed Cardamom
- Add crushed cardamom.Cardamom gives nice flavour to the sweet.
Step 11: Making Apples
Take small portion of the mixture and shape in to ladoo shape or a round ball shape.
Step 12: Place Clove
Place Clove at the centre and slightly press the sides to create an apple shape
Step 13: Repeat the Same Procedure
Repeat the same procedure with entire mixture and make all the apples.
Step 14: Painting
- I mixed 1/4 teaspoon Red food colour with one or two teaspoon water.
- Using paint brush paint the apple with red food colour .Leave the rim area without painting to give an apple look
Step 15: Let Them Dry
- Paint all the apples and dry them for few minutes.
Step 16: Decorate With Leaf and Apple Sweet Is Ready
- You can decorate with pumpkin seed as a leaf.
- ( we can also use pista for a leafy look)
- Delicious apple sweets are ready.You can surprise our guests with these apple sweets for a party.
Runner Up in the
Edible Art Challenge