Home chef: three five-ingredient desserts for guests

Coconut barfi, rice kheer and a banana halwa, each in under 25 minutes.

Coconut barfi needs only grated coconut, condensed milk and cardamom. Cook on a low flame for ten minutes, set in a tray and cut when cool.

Rice kheer can be made ahead: simmer 50 g rice in a litre of milk for 40 minutes. A banana halwa uses ghee, sugar and two ripe bananas and is ready in 15 minutes.

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