Date Balls
--- Date balls are processed dates stirred with flour then cooked in thick coconut milk until cooked and thickened into a savory and delicious sauce that can be enjoyed after enjoying heavy dishes during certain events.  Well in my area, dishes like this are indeed a mainstay of our family during the fasting month like yesterday. But after the Eid celebration we usually fast again for 6 days known as Shawwal fasting. Therefore, I took the initiative to make sweet food like this date compote.  --- --- ---Ingredients Used
---  --- 11 date seeds 5 tablespoons sugar 400 ml thick coconut milk 150 grams tapioca flour 2 spoons of wheat flour ½ teaspoon salt --- --- ---Making Procedure
--- **Step 1** --- Fruit the date seeds, then cut the dates into small pieces so that they are easily crushed when soaked. ---
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**Step 2**
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Boil water until it boils then put water into the small pieces of dates soak until the dates are completely soft.
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**Step 3**
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After soft, chop the dates until smooth or until it is easy to stir with flour.
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**Step 4**
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Prepare the dates that have been chopped earlier then add salt, then stir with flour until evenly mixed.
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**Step 5**
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After the dough can be shaped, form a large round dough according to taste. Then cut the other 5 dates to stir in the sauce.
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**Step 6**
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Cook the coconut milk then add sugar and salt then add the dates.
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**Step 7**
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Cook and add the date balls let the coconut milk thicken and cook completely.
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Result
---  The date balls are ready to be served warm or cold, both are delicious. Serve in a serving bowl, for this recipe you visa get 2 to 3 servings of date balls with coconut milk sauce. The portion is very sufficient especially with the chewy texture of the balls plus the natural sweetness of the dates.
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What I like the most is when the date balls are combined in coconut milk sauce with pieces of dates adding a very unique flavor. With the savory coconut milk and the distinctive and sweet aroma of dates, I really liked it.
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