JAGGERY COCONUT LADOO

Hi All,

There is a south Indian store around our area where we get such coconut ladoos. And we never miss to taste those ladoos. But I want to try these ladoos in home, and I got organic jaggery (achu vellam) from our neighbor and I immediately decided, tried ,tasted and everyone finished it too.

The easy recipe is as below,

INGREDIENTS:

Grated Coconut – 2 cup

Jaggery (I used achu vellam) – 1 cup

Ghee – 1 tblsp.

Cardamom – 2 crushed.

Milk –1 or 2 tsp (optional if required).

METHOD:

1) Powder jaggery to coarse.

2) Dry roast coconut till dry and aroma comes.

3) Remove to a plate and in the same kadai add jaggery and heat in low heat till it melts.

4) Add roasted coconut, crushed cardamom and mix till the mixture thickens.

5) Finally add ghee and mix till it forms a mass.

6) Grease the hands with little ghee and make balls.

7) If the mixture is too dry you can add little warm milk, mix and then make balls.

8) In case if you are adding milk , then use the ladoos in one week else the ladoos will stay good for 2 weeks.

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