Kashata

By Miriam (Tanzanian recipe)

Very simple recipe.
There are quite a few sweet recipes from Tanzania, this is one of many. The only problem is that, I can not tell you how and when kashata was introduced in Tanzania. We can just guess it is a Persian influence just like many other recipes. This is very simple and taste better with strong black coffee without sugar after your dinner.		 Tanzanian Kashata

Ingredients
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ tsp fresh ground Cardamon.
  • 1 ½ cup grated coconut (must be fresh with moist)
  1. Mix water and sugar until sugar is dissolve.
  2. Boil until almost half the original liquid. It will be very heavy syrup. Add cardamon.
  3. Add color and coconut. Mix until the coconut soaks all the syrup.
  4. Remove to a non stick cookie sheet. Make flat ontop by pressing something heavy on. Let it cool
  5. Then cut into diamonds or any shapes

Serve with:
•Very strong Coffee without sugar
•As a snack