Know Your Ingredient: Coconut

Bhavya Pande

Coconut is a fruit of the coconut palm. It is grown in tropical regions and widely known for its flavour and potential health benefits such as regulating blood sugar and promoting heart health. Coconuts are high in carb and good fats and are rich in manganese which promotes bone health and aids in metabolism. They are also rich in copper, iron, selenium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, dietary fibres and antioxidants.

Here’s a recipe of healthy coconut biscuits which can be easily baked at home. Hope you like it.

Ingredients:

Whole Wheat Flour: ½ cup

Desiccated Coconut: 1 cup

Castor/powdered sugar: 3 tbsp

Ghee: 2 tbsp

Milk: 2-3 tbsp (to bind the dough)

Baking Soda: ¼ tsp

Vanilla essence: 1 tsp

Procedure:

1. Keep all the ingredients ready.
2. Sieve wheat flour and baking soda. Mix desiccated coconut in it.
3. Beat ghee and sugar till it becomes a little creamy and add essence to it.
4. Add ghee-sugar-essence mix to the flour mix and knead with milk. Make a tight dough.
5. Cover it and keep it in the refrigerator for 10 -15 mins.
6. Divide the dough into suitable balls and roll into chapatis. Cut the chapatis using a cookie cutter.
7. Grease a baking tin and place the cut-out cookies on it.
8. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 15-20 minutes.
9. Remove from the oven and let it cool for some time.
10. Store in airtight containers.
11. Enjoy with tea, coffee or just as a mini snack.

Eat Healthy. Feel Healthy. Stay Healthy!