Mawa Coconut Jaggery Laddu Recipe - An Indian sweet made with milk solids, coconut and jaggery.
Khoya or Mawa is dried evaporated milk solids. In Indian cooking, khoya is a commonly used ingredient to make Indian sweets or curries. Today's recipe is a variety of laddu using khoya and desiccated coconut. I am using jaggery instead of white sugar to make this laddu healthier.
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Mawa Coconut Jaggery Laddu Recipe
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Khoya Coconut Jaggery Laddu Recipe
How to Make Mawa Coconut Jaggery Ladoo Recipe with Step by Step photos. An Indian dessert made with milk solids, coconut and jaggery.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Unsweetened Khoya / Mawa crumbled
- 1 cup Grated Fresh Coconut
- 1 cup Powdered Jaggery
- ¼ cup Desiccated Coconut or as needed (extra for rolling)
- ¼ teaspoon Cardamom Powder
- 1 teaspoon Ghee
Instructions
- Combine the powdered jaggery and little water in a heavy bottomed pan.
- The amount of water should be just enough to soak the jaggery.
- Heat until the jaggery dissolves completely.
- Add the crumbled khoya, coconut and cardamom powder and combine.
- Mix very well to avoid lumps.
- Let the mixture cook on a medium flame.
- When the mixture starts leaving the sides of the pan, add ghee and mix.
- Stir continuously until you get a thick and lumpy mixture (refer the images).
- Remove it from the flame and let it cool completely.
- Divide the cooked mixture into round shape balls.
- Roll each ball in desiccated coconut.
- Let them dry for some time.
- Store them in an airtight container.
Nutrition values are estimates only.
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How to Make Mawa Coconut Jaggery Ladoo with Step by Step Photos:
- Combine the powdered jaggery and little water in a heavy bottomed wide pan.
- The amount of water should be just enough to soak the jaggery. Do not add more than required water.
- Heat and mix well until the jaggery dissolves completely.
- Add the crumbled khoya, coconut and cardamom powder and mix very well to avoid lumps.
- Let the mixture cook on a medium flame and stir continuously.
- When the mixture starts leaving the sides of the pan, add ghee and combine.
- Stir continuously until you get a thick and lumpy mixture (refer the above image).
- Remove it from the flame and let it cool completely.
- Divide the cooled mixture into round shape balls.
- Roll each ball in desiccated coconut. You can skip this step but it will give a nice look.
- Let them dry for some time.
- Store them in an airtight container.
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divya says
Omg, killing me, those laddus are seriously droolworthy.
My attempt at The Julie/Julia project says
That's really tempting...
Torviewtoronto says
oooks
Torviewtoronto says
looks wonderful
nandoos Kitchen says
Yummy, mouthwatering ladoos and very inviting clicks.
suhaina aji says
so perfectly done.love khova in any dish..
Kalpana Sareesh says
yummy ladoos..
Nupur UK-Rasoi says
Thats one lovely snack.. yumm ! And I love the blue background 🙂
Priya Suresh says
Feel like grabbing some and having rite now.. Delicious laddoos.
Ranjani Raj says
waahh..drooling here 🙂 Very nicely made laddoos.. your explanation is very clear.. i cac exp the taste..will make a try soon.