BARF - Coconut Sweet

Soooo... let's do some BARF!

Today's BARF comes from "Greatest Ever Indian" cookbook, which looks like it ought to be part of a "Greatest Ever" series of cookbooks, but is not (as far as I can tell). It's definitely one of those books that you can pick up for a few bucks in the front section of Barnes & Noble, which makes you less likely to actually buy it... which is too bad, because it's a pretty good cookbook as far as I can tell.

I mean, look at that little guy!

Naturally I go straight for the dessert section, because I can't afford to buy all that lamb (sweet, delicious lamb) required for the meat & entree section. 

I picked Coconut Sweet because it contains 3 ingredients, all of which are delicious on their own (coconut, butter, condensed milk) and it seemed simple. 

Welp. It's supposed to cool down after the cooking so you can "shape the coconut mixture into long blocks". This is what I ended up with:

Sure, I'll just pick that up with my hands, thanks.

As you can see, it is not very... shapey. The picture in the book shows a nice little crumbly cake-like slice of coconut sweet, like that kind of molding sand that children play with. It's a gooey, sticky blob. I can't form this into anything other than a smaller blob. 

Not to say that it isn't delicious. It tastes amazing. I have been dipping a spoon into the pot and just eating it straight, which is good for me, but bad for anyone wanting to avoid my germs (SUCKERS). 

Is it a success? I think so... presentation is very important in food, but when it comes to things that are supposed to look like boring little blocks anyway, I think that taste trumps all. And the taste of this dessert is FANTASTIC. It's simple, it's incredibly sweet, and it's coconutty. 

Nothing not to love.