Coconut Ladoo

Navratri wishes to all celebrating this festival. The festival is celebrated with different rituals and names all over India. In Kerala the last three days of the Navaratri festival is celebrated as Saraswati Puja. The celebrations start with the Puja Vypu. It consists of placing the books for puja. The books will be taken out for reading, after worship, only on the morning of the third day. Children are happy, since they are not expected to study on these days. :)..

The best part of any festivals is the sweets that comes along with it.  

This year I made a very simple, quick and easy sweet Coconut Ladoo. You don’t need any expertise to try this recipe. There are different methods to make this ladoos. Sharing the most simple version with condensed milk and desiccated coconut, flavored with some cardamom (elachi). 

Coconut Ladoo

Ingredients:-

Desiccated coconut - 2cups + 1/4cup for rolling 

Sweetened condensed milk-1cup

Cardamom powder-1tbsp

Mixed Nuts crushed – ¼ cup

Dates pieces – ¼ cup (finely chopped)

Directions

Dry roast the desiccated coconut to about 3-4 mins or till the color starts changing. 

Add condensed milk to the roasted coconut mix well. Add the mixed nuts and dates pieces also. Add cardamom powder and mix well. Allow to cool a bit. When the mixture is still warm, Start making small balls of the mixture.

In a plate or bowl take some desiccated coconut for coating. immediately roll the ladoos in desiccated coconut. 

Your coconut ladoo is ready. 

Chocolate and Coconut Ladoo

For my chocolate lovers at home, I prepared the chocolate version also, with some modifications to blend chocolate into it.

Ingredients

Desiccated coconut - 2cups +1/4cup desiccated coconut for rolling 

Sweetened condensed milk-1cup

chocolate pieces- grated ½ cup

Cardamom powder-1tbsp

Crushed cashews – 2 tbl spn

Directions

Dry roast the desiccated coconut in a pan for 2 mins, now add the melted chocolate, cardamom powder, cashews and sweetened condensed milk. Stir continuously until this mixture turns as a dough and get off from the bottom of the vessel. When the mixture is still warm, Start making small balls of mixture.

In a plate or bowl take some desiccated coconut for coating. immediately roll the ladoos in desiccated coconut.