STEEMFOOD AFRICA REGION #2 CONTEST. PROMOTE YOUR FAVORITE TRADITIONAL DESERT BY @nneoma08

Hello great Steemfood Steemians of Africa. It’s my pleasure to be a participant in this #2 Contest PROMOTE YOUR FAVORITE TRADITIONAL DESERT being organized by our amazing representative and mother @ngoenyi. Thank you so much, Ma’am for your efforts and thank you too @steemfoods for giving us this platform.

My favorite desert for this #2 Contest is Coconut 🥥 Candy.

Coconut candy is my favorite because they are very sweet and help to quench my craving for sweets. I chose coconut candy because it is healthier than the Sweets that are sold in stores. They are very easy to make too. Everyone enjoys this desert.

The coconut tree is a prominent tree in the Eastern part of Nigeria. Some families like mine have at least three big (3) trees of Coconuts in their farms and around their homes. The Coconut fruit is multifunctional; you can make so many useful things from them. You can make coconut flour, coconut oil for cooking and body moisturizing, Activated charcoal for acne and pimples, coconut milk for cooking and baking, the water for body detox and on and on.

My mother served us coconut dishes and snacks most of the time; coconut and boiled corn, coconut and bread, coconut and Jakpu (boiled, sliced and washed cassava) or coconut candy which is my favorite because it’s very sweet 😋.
The coconut fruit is nutritiously endowed naturally. Every part of it is useful from the shell to the water and even the tree it’s self. It’s also readily available.

For my recipe, I will be using these INGREDIENTS

~ Coconut (mature one)
~ Sugar (as required)
~ Water 1/2 cup
~ Grater

PROCEDURES

• I break and unshell the coconut.

• I grate them with my grater and with my preferred design and shape on the grater.

• I place the frying pan or pot on the burner.

• I pour in half cup of water in the pan.

• I add the sugar.

• I then keep stirring at intervals for about 10 minutes or till the water and sugar begin to thicken.

• I now pour in the grated coconut and keep stirring until it turns golden brown.

• I switch off the heat and allow it to cool for a while, then mould into your desired shape. (You have to be fast about this because it hardens as it cools).

• There you go, my delicious Coconut Candy is ready.

Come on, let’s snack on this delicious goodness. 😉

Coconut Candy can be bought in the local market, stores and supermarkets for as low as #100.00 per wrap.

Thank you so much @steemfood and everyone for your time.

Please, @alikoc07, @ngoenyi, @bright-obias, @focusnow and @samuel20 come have a taste and may your lives be sweet always.