Inhambane Sweet · Coconut Candy
Cocada (Coconut Candy)
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Mozambique's version leans creamier than the drier, chewier cocadas found elsewhere in the Portuguese-speaking world, thanks to a splash of condensed milk stirred into the coconut.
Grated coconut is cooked down with sugar and condensed milk into a dense, sweet paste, then set and cut into small pieces or spooned into cups. It's sold by market vendors and home bakers around Inhambane, one of Mozambique's most coconut-rich provinces.
Why it's made this way: Inhambane's coastline is lined with coconut palms, and turning the surplus into a simple sugar-and-coconut sweet is a Portuguese-influenced tradition that took root wherever Lusophone Africa met an abundant coconut supply.
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