Courgettes & Coconut Sweet Dumplings Recipe
My Mum used to make bottle gourd fudge on festivals and I remember how my siblings and I used to fight on having more :D . This is one of my few favorites sweets as I don’t have a sweet tooth . I love its mild taste and crumbly softness. Coconut goes so well with bottle gourd & This is something I wanted to make on a festival for dessert but finding bottle gourd in stockholm is like finding nemo but who cares :D
When life does not give us bottle gourd, we use Courgettes :P
Ingredients
- 2 Medium size zucchini">Courgettes or Zucchini(peeled, grated)
- 1/2 cup castar sugar
- 1/4 cup ghee
- 1/2 ts cardamom powder
- 1 cup Coconut Crumbs
- handful of Almonds for garnishing
Directions
- Heat a pan and add ghee in it.
- Add grated courgettes and roast them for around 15 minutes on medium flame.It might take a little time as the water released from courgettes needs to be soaked completely .
- Keep stirring till the courgettes becomes soft and mushy and water is soaked
- Turn of the burner and let it cool
- Once cool, add sugar, cardamom powder, coconut crumbs and mix well
- - Take a small portion of the mixture and shape them in balls.
- - Coat these balls in coconut crumbs and garnish them with crushed almonds.
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Recipe | %DV |
|---|---|
| Recipe Size 466g | |
| Calories 662 | |
| Calories from Fat 584 | 88% |
| Total Fat 65.9g | 82% |
| Saturated Fat 44.26g | 177% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 131mg | 44% |
| Sodium 47mg | 2% |
| Potassium 1141mg | 33% |
| Total Carbs 19.6g | 5% |
| Dietary Fiber 8.2g | 27% |
| Sugars 9.05g | 6% |
| Protein 6.25g | 10% |
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