RCI-SN.004.0434.001

Kashata

Name: Kashata
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Ugandan
Ingredients: 1 unit two cups Sugar; 1 unit two cups fresh or moist grated coconut (or two cups of dried grated coconut moistened with a few tablespoons of milk or water) -- or—two cups of roasted peanuts (shells and skins removed, briefly heated in a lightly oiled skillet—or—a mixture of both coconut and peanuts); 1 unit one-half teaspoon ground cinnamon or cardamom; 1 unit a pinch of salt; 1 unit one-half cup wheat flour (optional)

Something between candy and cookie, Eastern Africa's Kashata are a popular snack of Swahili origin.

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Total45 min

Servings4

Difficultybeginner

Ingredients

two cups Sugar
1 unit
two cups fresh or moist grated coconut (or two cups of dried grated coconut moistened with a few tablespoons of milk or water) -- or—two cups of roasted peanuts
shells and skins removed, briefly heated in a lightly oiled skillet—or—a mixture of both coconut and peanuts
1 unit
one-half teaspoon ground cinnamon or cardamom
1 unit
a pinch of salt
1 unit
one-half cup wheat flour (optional)
1 unit

Method

Prepare according to traditional method. (Directions were not provided in the legacy source.)

Kashata

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