Sri Lankan Bibikkan Recipe by Tasty

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon whole fennel seeds
• 3 whole green cardamom pods
• 3 whole cloves
• 3 oz kithul jaggery, (about ½ cup packed), shaved or chopped
• 1 ¾ cups coconut treacle, or kithul treacle, divided
• 3 ½ cups freshly shredded coconut, drained
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 lime, zested
• 10 oz pitted dates, roughly chopped into 1/4 in (6 mm) pieces
• 2 oz raisin
• 2 oz crystallized ginger, finely chopped
• 3 oz raw cashews, roughly chopped into 1/4 in (6 mm) pieces
• ½ cup semolina
• 16 halves raw cashews, optional