Vermicelli Truffles
 
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • Vermicelli, broken- 1 cup
  • Sweetened Condensed milk- ½ can (200 mL) or according to your needs
  • Almonds chopped- ¼ cup
  • Saffron- 2 pinches soaked in 1 tbsp water
  • Milk- ¼ cup
  • Ghee- 1 tbsp
For chocolate coating
  • Semi-sweet Chocolate chips- ½ cup
  • Water- 1½ tbsp
  • Sweetened coconut flakes- 3 tbsp
Instructions
  1. Place a non-stick cooking pan over medium heat, add ghee and let it melt.
  2. Add vermicelli and roast it in ghee till it turns light golden brown in color.
  3. Add sweetened condensed milk and keep stirring.
  4. Add chopped almonds and saffron to it, combine to it.
  5. Add milk and keep stirring till all the liquid evaporates and the mixture starts to thicken.
  6. Vermicelli should have a slight crunchy texture, so make sure not to cook till it turns tender or gets mashed up.
  7. Remove from the heat and let cool down.
  8. After it has cooled down, roll the vermicelli into medium sized balls, keep aside.
  9. You can have the vermicelli balls just like that or if you prefer you could coat it with chocolate and coconut.
  10. Melt the semi-sweet chocolate along with water in a double boiler (boil water in a large saucepan, place a small saucepan with chocolate chips in it over the boiling water, stir constantly and melt the chocolate)
  11. Dip the vermicelli balls in chocolate.
  12. If you prefer, you could even coat the chocolate coated vermicelli balls in sweetened coconut flakes as well.
  13. Chill the chocolate covered truffles in the refrigerator for half an hour.
  14. Enjoy the creamy, chocolatey and crunchy vermicelli truffles.
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Wholesome Homemade Recipes at https://thasneen.com/cooking/vermicelli-truffles/