Coconut Candy · Market Sweet
Kashata
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Some Zanzibari recipes tint kashata pink with food dye purely for eye-catching display on the market tray, a habit that has stuck even though it changes nothing about the flavor.
Grated coconut or crushed peanuts are cooked down with caramelized sugar and cardamom until the mixture sets into a firm, chewy candy, then cut into small squares. Stone Town market stalls and roadside sweet-sellers keep trays of it on hand as an inexpensive treat and popular souvenir.
Why it's made this way: Kashata pairs two of Zanzibar's most abundant crops, coconut and sugarcane, into a candy that reflects the island's identity as both a spice island and a coconut-growing archipelago.
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