Coconut Chocolate Truffles

Makes Approximately 30

Ingredients

* 250 g plain sweet biscuits like Marie or shortcakes
* 1/2 cup desiccated coconut, fine
* 2 tablespoons cocoa
* 340 g condensed milk or you can substitute with milk and a teaspoon of vegetable oil

Topping

* 3/4 cup of fine desiccated coconut

Directions

1.Crush the biscuits until they are fine.
2.Combine in a large bowl, the crush biscuits, 1/2 cup of fine desiccated coconuts and 2 tablespoons of cocoa. Mix the ingredients well.
3.Then slowly stir in the sweetened condensed milk into the mixture. (Don’t pour the whole content of the can, pour it in slowly as you only may need 340 grams of the can).
4.You know you have the mixture right if the mixture is a dough ball. (If the balls are not holding shape then you may used too much sweetened condensed milk.) You should be able to roll them into a ball without being to hard or to soft.
5.Shape the mixture into one-inch balls.
6.Place the 1/4 cups of fine desiccated coconut into a flat plate (You may not need the whole 3/4 cups so just fill the flat plate when needed).
7.Roll the ball into the fine desiccated coconut.
8.Store in refrigerator until your ready to use

Thai Creamed Coconut Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 cooked chicken weighing about 2 lb 4 oz (1 kg), stripped, or 5 cooked chicken breasts
• 14 fl oz (400 ml) tinned coconut milk
• 1 level teaspoon coriander seeds
• 1 level teaspoon cumin seeds
• 2 cardamon pods, lightly crushed
• 2 tablespoons groundnut or other flavourless oil
• 2 medium onions, peeled and finely sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
• 10 g fresh coriander
• 1 level teaspoon turmeric
• 4 red chillies, deseeded and finely chopped
• 1 level dessertspoon finely chopped fresh lemon grass
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• salt and freshly milled black pepper

Directions

1. To prepare the chicken, remove the skin and cut the flesh into strips about 2 inches (6 cm) long.
2. Next, the spices will need roasting, so heat a large frying pan or wok without any fat in it and when it's really hot, add the coriander, cumin and cardamom pods.
3. Allow the spices to roast briefly about 45 seconds shaking the pan from time to time, then tip them into a mortar, removing the seeds from the cardamom pods and discarding the husks, and crush them all fairly finely.
4. Now add the oil to the frying pan or wok. When it's really hot, fry the onions and garlic over a medium heat for 8-9 minutes, until they're nicely softened.
5. Meanwhile, strip the leaves from the coriander stalks, reserve these, then chop the stalks finely.
6. When the onions are ready, add the turmeric, chilli, crushed spices and coriander stalks, along with the lemon grass, to the pan. Stir these thoroughly together, then pour in the coconut milk and lime juice.
7. Add some seasoning, then simmer everything gently for about 10 minutes, uncovered, by which time the sauce should have reduced and thickened.
8. Now add the chicken to the sauce and simmer gently for 10 minutes or so to heat it through completely.
9. Serve the chicken on a bed of Thai Green Rice, garnished with the coriander leaves