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Kashata
Kashata is an East African sugar sweet, and this Tanzanian rendition combines roasted peanuts with coconut and cardamom.
About Kashata
Kashata is an East African sugar sweet, and this Tanzanian rendition combines roasted peanuts with coconut and cardamom. Its small pieces have a firm, brittle texture and a rich, nutty character.
Coconut milk and flakes give the sweet a rounded coconut flavour. Ground cardamom adds a fragrant spice note, while a little salt balances the sugar and roasted peanuts.
The sweet is presented as cooled pieces broken or cut from a flat slab. Peanut fragments and coconut flakes give the pieces their uneven texture, suited to a small snack or dessert.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Peanut.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Kashata
Darlene’s Tanzanian peanut-and-coconut kashata.
- SugarSweetener
- Coconut milkLiquid
- Ground cardamomSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- Roasted peanutsBase
- Coconut flakesBase
- Cooking oil for pan preparationCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual80.
- Coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual81 normal coconut liquid, no dairy Milk inferred; full product formula unprovided.
- Ground cardamom: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual82 literal ground form, species unqualified broad candidate.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual83.
- Roasted peanuts: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Peanut source-confirmed. Actual84 lightly chopped roasted peanuts, upstream roast formula unprovided.
- Coconut flakes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual85 flakes; broad coconut-shreds candidate, sweetness and exact product processing unprovided.
- Cooking oil for pan preparation: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal first method90 spray with cooking Oil over unspecified grease alternative; oil type unknown.
Origins & food traditions
Cuisines & regions
- Tanzanian Swahili
- Comorian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Zanzibari Swahili CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.