🇬🇾 Guyanese crispy mithai | Recipe

coconut

🥗Healthier: unsweetened coconut flakes

💰Cheaper: dried coconut

Unsweetened flakes reduce sugar while maintaining flavor.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds sweetness with a unique flavor.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: evaporated milk

Almond milk is lower in calories.

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: cake flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber.

Add unsalted butter to all-purpose flour and work it in by hand until evenly distributed.

Add milk powder, salt, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg to the flour mixture and mix well.

Gradually add warm milk to the mixture to form a dough, adjusting with more flour if too sticky.

Cut the dough into four pieces and roll each piece out to about 1/4 inch thick.

Cut the rolled dough into pieces of personal preference size.

Preheat oil in a frying pan over medium heat.

Fry the dough pieces until golden brown and crispy, then remove and place on a wire rack.

In a separate pan, combine sugar, cinnamon, star anise, allspice, ginger, and water to make a syrup.

Simmer the syrup on medium-low heat until it reduces and coats the back of a spoon.

Pour the syrup over the fried mithai and toss until the sugar crystallizes and turns white.

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