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DESICCATED COCONUT
Desiccated coconut is one of the most delicious ingredients that can help add both texture and taste to your dishes. Looking remarkably like powdered snow, it works like a great addition to both savoury and sweet recipes. Here are some ways to get creative with this ingredient:

When you don't have icing sugar, sprinkle some desiccated coconut on your sweet treat. It lends a coconut flavour and augments the texture of the dish as well.

Desiccated coconut works like a charm in Indian sweets. While making gulab jamuns, soak it into the sugar syrup and roll them on a bed of desiccated coconut. It packs a punch of flavour and taste, while also adding to the texture to the sweet.

If you're less inclined towards sweet food, and prefer savoury or spicy food - toss chopped onions, cucumber, grated carrots, some peanuts and the juice of a lemon, some chaat masala, and finally, wrap it up with some desiccated coconut. The nutty flavour will add a twist to the delightful snack.

Make your pakoras a wholesome snack with some desiccated coconut in the dough. Add some of it to the dough, toss in some onions, corn and a few nuts, and make roundels by hand. Deep fry the dough balls until they are golden brown, ande njoy the snack with some tomato sauce.
Put together a delicious smoothie comprising milk, bananas, apples, strawberries and a spoon full of desiccated coconut to create a healthy drink. The salted and nutty flavour of the desiccated coconut will offset the natural sweetness of the smoothie.

To sink your teeth into a delicious dessert, take a can of condensed milk and add three cups of chocolate chips, and heat it in the microwave for a full minute. Mix the melted mixture until the chocolate spreads uniformly, and separate the mixture into two. Pour one layer into a foil lined rectangular box. Sprinkle a layer of desiccated coconut, and then pour the next layer above it, and flatten it into the box. Close the foil over the mixture, close the box, and freeze the box for a while. Take out the box after an hour or two, and cut the coconut fudge into squares!