Coconut Sweets
- Soomaali
- Qumbe
- Français
- Bouchées à la Noix de Coco
- العربية
- not translated yet
By Leila & Abdullahi · ·
These coconut sweets were popular street food in Somalia. They were made of freshly grated coconut that was readily available. After leaving Somalia, many people had problems finding the ingredients they were familiar with. As a result, many foods could not be made or they did not taste the same when other ingredients were substituted.
Many have tried making these coconut sweets using dried coconut flakes soaked in water or milk. However, the result was not the same. That is until we discovered “fresh” frozen shredded coconut. We were pleased with the result and hope you will be too. The frozen shredded coconut is available in Asian grocery stores, in the freezer section.
For those of you who live in places where there are no Asian grocers, we have included a recipe using the dried coconut flakes. We recommend buying the finer shredded coconut and soaking them in milk and coconut milk. We found that adding a little coconut milk enhances the flavour of the coconut sweets, but adding too much will make the sweets very oily.
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Ingredients
1 cup = 237 mL · 1 Tbsp = 15 mL · 1 tsp = 5 mL. All are level measurements.
Method
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Put the sugar in a saucepan over medium heat.
Let it melt slowly. Once the sugar is half melted, start stirring. Make sure the sugar does not burn.
Add the shredded coconut (if you are using frozen coconut), otherwise add the coconut soaked in the milk.
Add half of the butter and let it cook.
Add the flour.
Add the rest of the butter.
The total cooking time is 8 minutes.
Let it cool.
Shape into balls.
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Dear A&L;
I am happy to see your amazing way of telling the world the beauty of our culutre. I miss all this food which reminds me the beauty of my childhood. kindly tell me how to do bur qumbe.
Regards
Dear Salma, thank you so much for your kind words and for taking the time to comment. Do you mean singooni?
asalam aleykum
i would like to know if you can get recipe of peanut(kashata)thats if possible.merci
Wa’alaikum Assalam Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.
Here is a link for kashaata recipe /recipes/white-coconut-sweets/. Thank you.
sc walaayaal aad ayaad umahadsantihiin runtii waxaad isoo xasuusisaan nolashii barisamaadkii ilaahow wadankeenii sadisii noogu celi idinkana misaankii xasanaadka ilaahey ha idiin saaro.su aal ayaan rabi lahaa inaa idinweydiiyo oo aan wali ku arkin nac-nac luubaanigii see loo sameenjiray ?hadaa noo soo galin la heedaan waan idinkaga mahadin lahaa.wc
Wacalaykum Assalaam Waraxmatullaahi Wabarakaatuh.
Aamiin. Walaal Kowsar, waan ku faraxsan nahay inaan ku soo xasuusinay barisamaadkii. Waa ku mahadsan tahay faallada fiican iyo ducada. Nac nac luubaani weli ma samayn, Hadduu Eebbe idmo waan samayn doonnaa. Mahadsanid walaal.
may allah bless you
Thank you very much. May God Almighty bless you too.
asc wr wbr walaalayaal aad aa u mahadsantihiin qunbaha aan idin weydiiyay waa kan waa ku mahadsantihin marlabada aniga hadan qaladkeyga fahmay aniga waxn isku samen jiray qunbaha qalalan iyo sokor bas marka ilaah ajar haidinka siiyo sida aad walaalihiina soomaaliyeed u caawineesiin adinkana allaha idin caawiyo
Wacalaykum Assalaam Waraxmatullaahi Wabarakaatuh.
Aamiin walaal. Waa ku-mahadsan tahay hadalada wacan iyo ducada wanaagsan. Waan ku-faraxnay waxa aad raadinaysay inaad heshay. Mahadsanid.