Coconut Candy with Gula Melaka (Palm Sugar)
Shiokman Recipes recipe - Asian
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 drop of red colouring
- 120 g condensed milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 45 g grated gula melaka (palm sugar)
- 4 crushed pandan leaves
- 500 g grated coconut
- 90 g sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- oil (for brushing 6″ x 9″ Glass Container)
- 90 g grated gula melaka (palm sugar)
- 45 g sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 500 g grated coconut
- 4 crushed pandan leaves
- 120 g condensed milk
- oil (for brushing 6″ x 9″ Glass Container)
Instructions
- 1
Add a drop of red colouring to a bowl of condensed milk and mix well
- 2
Add vanilla extract and mix well
- 3
Grate gula melaka (palm sugar)
- 4
Add crushed pandan leaves to grated coconut in a frying pan
- 5
Stir fry gently over low heat (about 5 mins)
- 6
Add grated gula melaka, salt and sugar to grated coconut and mix well
- 7
Pour the red coloured condensed milk a little at a time and mix well
- 8
Fry until colour is evenly distributed (about 20 mins)
- 9
Remove all the pandan leaves
- 10
Grease a 6″ x 9″ glass tray
- 11
Transfer the cooked grated coconut into the glass tray and spread evenly
- 12
Compress the grated coconut
- 13
Chill in the fridge overnight
- 14
Remove from fridge and cut into cubes
- 15
Grate gula melaka (palm sugar)
- 16
Add gula melaka, salt and sugar to grated coconut and crushed pandan leaves
- 17
Pour condensed milk and mix well
- 18
Fry until all ingredients are evenly distributed (about 20 mins)
- 19
Transfer cooked grated coconut to an oiled glass tray and spread evenly
- 20
Compress and chill in the fridge overnight
- 21
Remove from fridge and cut into cubes