Coconut ladoo | Thengai ellu laddu | Nariyal til ladoo-How to make-step by step photos

Cuisine Style: India | Preparation & CookingTime: 15 minutes | To Serve: 5 | Type: Sweet, Festival, Diwali Sweet

Ingredients

• Coconut [Thengai, Nariyal] – 1 cup [grated] or desiccated coconut
• Sweet condensed milk – ¼ cup
• Milk powder – 3 tbsp
• Cardamom powder – ½ tbsp or green cardamom – 3
• Sugar – 1 tbsp
• Almonds – 4
• Raisins - 5
• Cashews - 4
• Pistachios - 5
• Ghee – 1 tbsp
• Black sesame seeds [Ellu, til]– 1 tbsp [roasted]

Preparation

• Heat ghee in a pan add Almonds, Raisins, Cashews, Pistachios roast till light brown then chop and keep it aside.
• Heat pan add coconut & roast gently for 2 min.
• Break the cardamom shell; grind the seeds with pinch of sugar by stone mortar or Chapathi roller.
• Heat pan add roasted coconut, milk powder & sweet condensed milk then stir continuously.
• Then add cardamom powder mix well & stir well till all the moisture has been absorbed & mixture thickens.
• Finally add chopped nuts mix well & cut off heat. Then let it cool.
• Then make equal size ladoos from the mixture.
• Roll over each ladoos on the remaining roasted coconut & store it in an airtight container.
• Roll over remaining ladoos on the roasted black sesame seeds & serve chilled.

How To Make Coconut ladoo / Thengai ellu laddu - Step by Step Photos

Heat ghee in a pan roast almonds, raisins, & pistachios then chop

Grind cardamom with 1 tsp of sugar

Cardamom powder is ready

Heat pan add coconut & roast for 2 min

Add milk powder

Add sweet condensed milk

Stir well till the mixture becomes thick

Add cardamom powder mix well

Add chopped nuts and stir well till the mixture becomes non sticky consistency then let it cool

Make equal size ladoo

Roll it in the roasted coconut & roasted black or white sesame [til] seeds

Coconut sesame ladoos are ready. Serve immediately or serve chilled

Thengai ellu laddu