Carrot Coconut Truffle

Name: Carrot Coconut Truffle
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 8 red carrots grated; 1/2 cup coconut scraped; 3 tbsp sugar; 5 tsp milk powder; 4 green cardamoms crushed; 1 tbsp clarified butter/ghee; 10-12 cashewnuts or almonds; 12-15 raisins; 1 pinch salt or rock salt

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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This is a very healthy way of including vegetables and dietary fiber in one's diet. Carrot is rich in vitamin A while coconut is rich in iron and dietary fiber. This is a delicious dessert which can be made within 30 minutes. There is a natural sweetness in Red carrots and coconut so sugar to be added accordingly. Serve this delicious melt in mouth healthy dessert when observing fast or after any meal.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 servings

8red carrots grated
1/2 cupcoconut scraped
3 tbspsugar
5 tspmilk powder
4green cardamoms crushed
1 tbspclarified butter/ghee
10-12cashewnuts or almonds
12-15raisins
1 pinchsalt or rock salt

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Wash and peel the skin of red carrots. Grate them in a grater or food processor. Scrape coconut. Make a thick paste of milk powder. Heat ghee in a wok.Fry the grated carrot lightly. Add scraped coconut, sugar, thick paste of milk powder and toss all. Add a pinch of salt /rock salt to balance the sweetness. If needed add 1 tbsp more sugar depending on the sweetness of carrot and coconut.
2

Fry all stirring continuously till completely dry and well blended. Sprinkle crushed cardamom powder and toss all. Add chopped cashewnuts or almonds and raisins. Allow it to cool. Make round laddus or truffles. Sprinkle some dry milk powder and garnish with cashewnuts. Serve this delicious carrot coconut truffles as a dessert to guests after meals.