Home made baba dudu

Name: Home made baba dudu
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 5-10 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; 3 medium sized coconuts; Pinch salt

Cookingwithseki @cookingwithseki

Abuja

Baba dudu needs no introduction unless you were born in the 20th century 😁🤪. I licked a lot of this as a child while in primary school and it’s one candy you can not seem to get enough of!! Let me show you how it’s made.

Cookingwithseki @cookingwithseki

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Ingredients

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5-10 servings

1 cupsugar
3medium sized coconuts
Pinchsalt

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Steps

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First you need to crack open the coconuts and remove the flesh from the shell
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Then blend the coconut flesh smooth with some water
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Use a cheese cloth or sieve to sieve out the coconut juice into a bowl
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You need just the coconut milk and not the water. So to extract the milk, what i do is place the bowl of juice in the freezer to solidify. Then i remove the top which is now mainly the coconut milk. As the water would have settled underneath
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Place the coconut milk in a pot and add the pinch of salt
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Add the sugar
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Then place on low heat and start stirring with a wooden spatula. Do not leave it unattended as it can overflow and make a mess. So you have to continually stir
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Continue stirring until it all begins to thicken and changes in color
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Keep stirring until the oil starts to come out and scoop out the oil. Then stir until it changes to a very dark thick brown color
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Scoop out more oil and pour on a clean slab, and allow to cool for 2-3 minutes.
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Then start cutting and rolling inbetween your palms and leave to cool on the slab. Be very careful as it is usually very hot and dangerous.
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Tie in prepared nylon wraps when completely cold