Savory Bites Recipes

Delicious Coconut Almond cookies are perfect for snacks and kids will love them asking for more!

Baking was on my mind for some days and its been almost 3 months that I have baked anything I guess!

I used to love the coconut cookies which we got in a nearby bakery but for some reasons I was not able to get them.There was a mismatch in my timings and bakery timings.It happened twice that I went to the store to buy cookies and some other goodies and it was closed. Finally I made up my mind that no matter what I will make my favorite cookies again.

I usually have so many things on my hands for the day that fitting everything in a day's time is just impossible.

I started my day yesterday,thinking that I will bake these cookies by morning so that I will get plenty of time to finish rest of my work but as usual these cookies took the least priority and I ended baking them by late afternoon.

But I am still happy as out of all the obstacles(yes! I call them obstacles as when you plan for things and nothing happens as per your schedule,and that too EVER! ,then it's an obstacle) finally I could finally bake these goodies and they were absolutely delish!

My kids were very skeptical before taking a bite but they were sill screaming loudly "wow something smelling awesome" 😂😂

Here's what you can do to get these cookies right: just mix all the ingredients ( sieve the dough once) and with light hands make a soft dough. Here when I say dough this is not a bread dough.Just use a spoon initially then use hands to mix. You do not need hand or stand mixer,just lightly mix with hands and the dough is ready.
Interesting part is that I have not used eggs or butter or baking soda/baking powder here.But still the cookies are perfect,crispy outside and gooey inside.
I have shared another recipe of cookies on my blog,these are very famous in India/Indian community and they are just perfect melt in mouth cookies "Nankhatai". Try them too.
Using MTR Badam Mix powder is a great alternative the regular Almond powder/Flour for Coconut Almond Cookies. This is readily available on Amazon and in Indian grocery stores.

Tips:

If you do not find MTR badam Mix or any other Almond flour / powder, then try making homemade almond powder.
Adding a little Elaichi powder / Cardamom powder to the dough to give extra flavor.
Do not knead the dough. This dough will be very soft.
Leave sufficient space in between the dough balls for the cookies to grow or they will stick to each other and loose the shape.
Choice is yours to use powdered or granulated sugar.
Initially the cookies will be soft,even if they have browned. Let them cool for 5 mins on the baking tray itself.
If you try to take the cookies immediate after taking them out of oven then they will break.
Cookies will be soft even after taking them out of oven.After 5 mins of cooling transfer them to cooling rack.

Print Recipe

Coconut Almond Cookies

by Prasanna Hede

Ingredients

1/2 Cup Garbanzo Bean Flour/ Gram Flour/ Besan
1/4 Cup Maida/ APF
1/8 Teaspoon Salt
1/2 Cup Almond Flour/ MTR Badam Mix
1/2 Teaspoon Cardamom Powder
1/2 Cup Shredded Coconut (Unsweetened)
1/3 Cup Clarified Butter (Ghee) (Melted)
1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar
4 Tablespoon Milk
1/3 Cup Dessicated Coconut for coating

Instructions

Firstly sieve gram flour and APF once to loosen it.

In a mixing bowl,add all the ingredients mentioned except ghee and milk.

Add ghee to it and mix lightly with a spoon or using hands.

Then slowly add the milk in parts to mix everything well to make a soft dough.

Do not knead the dough.

Using light hands mix the dough.
Preheat the oven at 160C / 320F.

Line a baking tray with parchment paper.

Pinch small dough balls and lightly flatten them on your palm.

Coat each ball with extra dessicated coconut and arrange on baking tray.

Bake for 12 mins or till cookies are brown.

Let them cool for 5 Mins then take them out of baking tray.

Arrange on cooling rack.

Enjoy!

Details

Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 20 mins Yield: 12 No

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ENjoy!

Coconut Almond Cookies

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Quick and easy dessert to serve - Mango Rasgulla! Cottage Cheese dumplings cooked slowly in Mango syrup to be served with dryfruits!

After a while, again I am sharing this very easy and stunning recipe of Mango Rasgulla. If you are following my posts regularly,you will know that I was sharing so many sweet/dessert posts that finally I had to put a halt to that and start posting savory/spicy recipes.

Long back, even before I had started to cook,I used to wonder how lovely is making Rasgulla but did not have a faint idea how to go about it nor that I cared , as I had so many other things to worry that time. Since I started to have interest in recipes and food,I started to make my own Rasgulla at home and it is amazing! Check out my recipe of Rasgulla. Please pardon my images in the post,I will be updating the pictures soon.

If you do now want to carry out the whole procedure then you can use store bought Rasgulla tin too.
If you are outside India then Rasgulla is available on amazon and in Indian grocery stores too.

Here I have used the Rasgulla and the sugar syrup that is served along with Rasgulla. So there was no need to use any additional sugar but instead ,consumed the syrup in the recipe itself. One more thing is that if Mango is not in season then use the readymade/storebought Mango Pulp. Sometime the store bought Mango Pulp/Puree is not sweet so accordingly adjust the sugar syrup in the recipe.

This recipe is very easy and under 30 mins recipe ,if you have Rasgulla tin from the store. Also the amazing Mango flavor with Saffron and Pistachio makes the final dish very stunning and interesting.

I have previously shared a lot of sweets/desserts. I am listing a few here for you all to check:

Here are few Tips:

I have used the Mango Pulp which was a bit sour than sweet,so I used up 1 Cup of sugar syrup here to make it sweet. If you use fresh mango pulp or sweeter variety then you can adjust the sugar accordingly.
When you cook the sugar syrup and pulp,mix once and then start to cook it.
Cook this on low flame and let it get thick slightly.
Once the rasgulla are added do not stir them as they might break.
Cook for about 2 minutes or slightly more till the rasgulla are nicely coated with thick syrup.