Recipe - Sri Lanka Pol Dosi (Coconut Toffee)

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"A taste of Sri Lanka"
By Indra Jayasekera

POL DOSI (COCONUT TOFFEE
225 g Coconut
2 Cardamom
350 g Sugar
125 ml water
225 g Semolina
One half teaspoon Rose essence
One half teaspoon Vanilla essence
One fourth teaspoon Cinnamon, ground
ds Food coloring, green or red

=========================== Directions ========================

Grate the coconut and crush the cardamoms. Place the sugar and water in a
pan, stir over a medium heat and bring to the boil. Add the semolina and
continue to stir briskly until it is cooked. Add the coconut, cardamom,
rose essence, vanilla essence, cinnamon and dash of food colouring and
continue to stir until the mixture thickens. Pour into a flat, buttered
dish, cut into squares and separate when cool.

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