Pammi's mummy's coconut lichis!!(mother's recipe)

 

Ingredients:
• coconut (grated)-1
• sugar-(the amount of sugar should be equal to the amount of grated coconut)
...• cardamoms-4(crushed)
• poppy seeds(roasted) -3tbsp
• cloves( according to the number of lichis)
• edible colors(red and green)-1 tsp each

procedure::

Heat a pan. Add the grated coconut and sugar and keep on stirring until the sugar melts and the coconut becomes sticky. Add crushed cardamom and switch off the gas. Let it cool. Meanwhile, roast the poppy seeds and set them aside in 2 separate bowls. Add 1 tsp red color to 1bowl and green color to the other bowl. Now make lichi shaped balls out of the coconut mixture. Now roll them in the roasted poppy seeds so that the lichis get well coated. Put a clove on top of the lichi so that it looks like a stem