I have made coconut ladoos before, it is made with desicated coconut and condensed milk. I wanted to share a coconut ladoo which is made with fresh coconut and sugar. So for this diwali i decided to make a chocolate coconut ladoo. I made this just yesterday and it was super yummy.
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The ladoos has dark chocolate in them instead of cocoa powder which makes it set and makes it taste yummy. I added dark chocolate since i added little more sugar to balance all the bitterness from chocolate. If you want to use milk or normal chocolate then reduce the sugar level. Also dont add chocolate when the pan is on heat, take it off the heat and the residual heat from the coconut and sugar will melt the chocolate.
Cooking Time : 10 mins
Makes: 10 ladoos.
Fresh Coconut – 1 cup grated
Sugar – 1/2 cup
Milk – 2 tblspn
Butter or Ghee – 2 tblspn
Nuts – 1/4 cup (almonds, cashews, pista, chiroli)
Dark Chocolate – 100 grams chopped finely
Method:
Take coconut in a blender and crush them few times so it gets fine.
Heat butter or ghee, add in nuts and toss well, cook till golden.
Now add in coconut and mix well for a min.
Add in sugar and mix well. now add in milk and mix well and cook till it thickens little.
Now take the pan off the heat and add in chopped chocolate and mix well till the chocolate is melted.
Now remove it to a bowl and mash it lightly and mix well.
Grease your hands with oil or ghee. Take small portion and shaped it to a smooth ball.
Put it in fridge and set it for 15 mins before serving.
Take all your ingredients |
you need finely chopped nuts |
I used freshly grated coconut |
i took it in a blender |
Pulsed it few times to make it little fine |
I measured 1 cup |
for 1 cup of coconut, i used 1/2 cup of sugar |
Now lets cook..Heat some ghee or butter |
melt it lightly |
add in the nuts |
Saute till golden |
Add in coconut |
saute this for a min or so |
this removes the excess moisture lightly.. |
add in sugar |
mix well |
Add just a splash of milk to make the sugar melt |
Mix well till sugar is melted |
Now turn off the heat, this is very very important… add in the chopped dark chocolate |
mix well..the heat from pan with melt the chocolate in no time.. |
Remove this to a bowl |
now just mash it lightly |
now it will come together |
grease your hands with oil |
take a small portion |
shape it into ball |
now it is done |
DONE |
Can v use cocoa powder instead of dark choclate. ..