Coconut Ladoo Recipe

Coconut Ladoo or Nariyal ke laddu is made using coconut, condensed milk and ghee. No time on hand during festive season, Make this simple ladoo in less than 15 minutes. Less than 5 ingredients used to make this coconut ladoo and you will be happy that you made it! Learn how to make the delicious coconut ladoo with step by step pictures and video.

Coconut Ladoo Recipe

Ladoos, my favorite sweets of all time. You can make it with of course anything. Any powders from wheat flour, gram flour or anything. I have quite a few ladoo recipes in my blog. My favorite kind of ladoos is motichoor ladoos.

About Coconut Ladoo

This ladoo is so simple to make, just take few minutes to whip up. But the taste is just phenomenol. The condensed milk makes it just wow. In my opinion condensed milk is one of the most versatile ingredient to have on hand. Because you could whip up many sweets with that. Check out my 10 min palkova recipe, which i made using that.

Watch Coconut Ladoo Recipe Video

Why this Recipe works?

• Easy, Quick & Affordable Ingredients
• Minimum ingredients used and basic recipe
• Tasty & Delicious Ladoo which you can never stop eating.
• Makes Perfect Gift for your loved ones on special occasions.
• Easily adaptable recipe with different flavours.

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Coconut Ladoo Ingredients

Coconut

Nariyal ke laddu or coconut ladoo can be made with fresh or desiccated coconut. If using fresh coconut, dry roast in a pan till the moisture dries up and then proceed to extend their shelf life.

Milkmaid

Basic coconut ladoo recipe is made with only milkmaid for rich milky taste. You can opt to add little sugar along with milkmaid.

Nuts

I used nuts like cashews, almonds or pistachios which I chopped finely using a small food processor.

Ghee

Little ghee makes the ladoo non sticky and adds flavour. Apply ghee on your hands to prevent the mixture from sticking to your hands when rolling.

How to Make Coconut Ladoo

Pre-preparation

Take grated fresh coconut in a blender and grind without adding water till fine textured. Take coconut in a dry kadai and toast them for 3 mins. If using dry toast them for a min.

Making coconut ladoo

Now add in condensed milk and mix well.  Add in almond powder, ghee and mix well. Keep cooking for 5 to 10 mins till it leaves the sides. Once it started leaving, remove it to a bowl. Allow to cool down.

Shaping Ladoos

Now grease your hands with some ghee. Shape this into small ladoos. Now take desiccated coconut in a plate. Roll the ladoos in the coconut till it is coated. 

Serving & Storage

Place it in an air tight container and Store in fridge for a good 2 hours. Remove it before 30 mins from the fridge before serving.

Success Tips for Perfect Coconut Ladoo

• If you are using fresh grated coconut, They will be in big grates. So i suggest you to take them in a blender and pulse them for a few mins till it is crushed into small tiny bits.
• Adjust the condensed milk as per your taste.
• Rolling the laddu in desiccated coconut is optional.
• You could add cashew powder or any of your favourite nut powders.
• Store in fridge for a 2 hours, so it gets little hard and sets a little.
• Always serve this at room temperature or little cold.
• You can keep this in fridge for upto a week.

Coconut Ladoo Recipe (Step-wise Pictures)

Coconut Ladoo with Milkmaid

1)First take fresh grated coconut in a blender and pulse few times so the coconut grates are fine and even. Take coconut in a kadai. I used a nonstick kadai.

2)Saute the coconut in the pan for 2 mins so the excess moisture dries a little.

3)Add in milkmaid.

4)Mix well. Taste the mixture to see whether the sweetness is okay for you.

5)Add in crushed nuts. I used almonds, you can use cashews or pistachios too.

6)Mix everything really well.

7)Add ghee little at a time and cook till it comes together.

8)Now the mixture is thick.

9)Remove the mixture to a bowl.

10) Take desiccated coconut in a plate for rolling the ladoo.

11)Take small portion from the mixture and roll it into smooth ball.

12)Coconut ladoos done.

13)Roll the ladoos in coconut.

14)Because of the moisture of the ladoos, the coconut will stick to it.

15)Coconut ladoo with milkmaid is ready to serve.

16)Enjoy

Coconut Ladoo with Desiccated Coconut

This recipe of coconut ladoo is made using desiccated coconut and khoya. The combination is just awesome and delicious. Cook Khoya with sugar and saffron, add in desiccated coconut and cook till thick. I shaped into small ladoos and rolled in more coconut. Thats it.

Ingredients you will need

• 1 cup unsweetened khoya
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 cups desiccated coconut
• a pinch saffron or yellow food colour

Here is how you make it

1)Take coconut and sugar in a pan.

2)Add in saffron or yellow food colour and cook till the sugar melts.

3)Add in dried coconut or desiccated coconut.

4)Cook till the mixture gets thick and leaves the sides of the pan.

5)Shape the mixture into small balls and roll into ladoo.

6)Roll the ladoo in desiccated coconut.

7)Thats it, khoya coconut ladoos is done.

Variations

Chocolate Coconut Ladoo

The ladoos has dark chocolate in them instead of cocoa powder which makes it set and makes it taste yummy. You can add some chopped dark chocolate or 2 tbsp of cocoa powder when making the ladoos for a chocolate flavour.

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