Coconut Ladoo with Jaggery and Nuts
Quick and easy Nuts and Coconut ladoo sweetened with Jaggery. This refined sugar free sweet can be made in 10 minutes and make for a tasty treat for the festive season.
Servings: 9 ladoo
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups fresh ground coconut ( brown parts removed)
- ¼ cup almonds
- ¼ cup cashew
- 1 cup powdered jaggery
- 2 teaspoons ghee (clarified butter)
- 4 cardamom pods, powdered
- ¼ cup water
- 2 tablespoon crushed pistachio ( optional)
Instructions
- Cut the fresh coconut to pieces, remove the brown parts and grind it to fine powder.
- Measure the nuts and finely chop them finely with a knife.
- In a pan heat one teaspoon of oil and add the coconut. Saute for a minute ( not more than that).
- Now add the powdered jaggery and finely chopped nuts. Mix it well.
- Add ⅓rd cup of water and cook the mixture for 7-9 minutes in low flame.
- The mixture should be moist but slightly thick. Now add one teaspoon of ghee and mix. If you take a small portion of the mixture you should be able to form laddu.
- Add cardamom powder, mix it and let the mixture rest for 5 minutes.
- You should get about 9-10 ladoo with this measurement.
- Optional – you can coat the ladoo with crushed pistachio.
Notes
Use fresh coconut with out the brown part
If using block of jaggery, you can melt it in little water and add this to coconut and nuts mixture.
Do not over cook, if not the mixture will become hard and dry after few minutes.