Coconut ladoos made with fresh coconut and milk. An easy
to prepare indian dessert ready in minutes...
When a person is living in South-India... you just can't avoid this delicious fruit....
Coconut. Its such a versatile fruit... each part of the coconut is useful at
different stages of it development. When its tender its water is used as
drink... When its fully developed its used as a fruit to be eaten raw or used
in different food preparations be it be savoury or sweet. And when the fruit is
allowed to dry... the oil secreted from it used in different dishes, not to
forget its medicinal and beauty benefits.
My son being a sweet lover just like me.... asked me one
day that he wants to eat coconut ladoo. Earlier i made Coconut candies and Rava ladoo with dessicated coconut, you can find the recipe in my blog. As i always have a coconut in my
house... so i decided to fulfill my son's wish and prepare the coconut ladoos.
I prepared these ladoos with just 4 ingredients... Fresh coconut, milk, sugar
and cardamom powder. The ladoos turned out to be so good... they actually
lasted just a day... my kids finished it all.
So here is the simple recipe of Coconut ladoos:
Prep. time- 10 mins
Cooking time- 40 mins Makes- 40
ladoos
Ingredients:
·
1.5 cups Fresh grated coconut
·
3 cups Milk
·
1/2 cup sugar
·
1 tsp cardamom powder
Method:
1.
In a heavy bottomed pan or kadai, mix the milk and fresh
grated coconut and turn on the flame to high.
2.
Bring the milk and coconut mix to a boil. Once it boils
reduce the flame to low and keep stirring the mix in intervals. It will take
around 20-25 mins to reduce and get cooked completely.
3.
As all the moisture gets evaporated and the mixture
becomes thick, add the sugar and cardamom powder.
4.
The sugar will start melting making the mixture watery.
Keep stirring. It will take another 10 mins to make the mixture thick.
5.
As the mixture thickens turn off the flame and transfer
the mixture to a plate.
6.
Now moisten your palms with few drops of ghee or
clarified butter and make ladoos while the mixture is still warm.
7.
Coconut ladoos are ready. Store in a clean container.
Tips:
1.
Make the ladoos when the mixture is still warm to hot.
Because if you try to make ladoos with cool mixture it won't hold its shape.
2.
These ladoos are made with fresh coconut and fresh
milk... that's why they have a short shelf life. Consume them the same day or
store in a refrigerator if you want to use it for 2-3 more days.
