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How to make Baba Dudu

It is often available as a chain of short sweets, wrapped in transparent poly-bags and sold by street kiosk.

Baba dudu is a popular street candy in Nigeria that brings back childhood memories.

Ingredients

Coconut milk from 2 whole coconuts

5 tablespoon sugar

Salt

Preparation

Step 1: Boil the coconut milk and scoop out the top white layer(coconut cream) into another wide pot and pour off the water left in the pot.

Step 2: Now add a pinch of salt into the pot of coconut cream, add sugar and mix together.

Continue stirring, until the colour of the cream change to brown

Tip: the cream tends to overflow, so watch it closely and reduce the heat.

Step 3: As the cream thickens and comes together, pour onto a flat board, leave to cool a bit and mould into baba dudu shapes, or any shape of choice.

Go ahead and chop the head of your life!

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