Jalao [Recipe + Video] Honey and Coconut Balls

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

  to grease the tray and hands
• 2 cup freshly-grated coconut flakes

  divided
• 2 cup honey

  of dark color, or add a teaspoon of molasses to the honey (optional)
• 1 tablespoon of finely grated ginger

Instructions

• 1 Grease the tray with oil.
  
  Mix in honey, coconut flakes, and ginger. Pour into a saucepan and bring to a
  boil over medium heat. Once it starts boiling stir vigorously until the honey
  has turned a very dark caramel color (about 5 minutes).
  
  Pour the mixture on the greased tray. Cool to room temperature.
• 2 Cover your hands with a bit of oil and put enough of the coconut mixture on your
  palm to roll into balls about 1.5 in [4 cm] in diameter.
  
  Rest on the greased tray.
• 3 Serve at room temperature. For a bit of contrast, you can sprinkle with coconut
  flakes.
  
  It keeps in an airtight container for a couple of days or in the fridge for a
  week, but always serve at room temperature because when cold, they get very
  hard.

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