Coconut Ladoo

Adapted from Vegan Richa

The first time I had a Ladoo was in the Sathya Sai Baba’s ashram, Prasanthi Nilayam.  After day of singing bhajans (spiritual music), he blessed the ladoos and distributed them to the participants – a real treat! 

Ingredients:
2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
1/2 teaspoon cardamom
1/3 cup full fat coconut milk
2/3 cup ground raw sugar
a pinch of salt
2 tablespoons coconut flour

Method:
Place coconut flakes in a blender or food processor until pulse for short cycles until coconut is the like granules. Add the cardamom.

Heat coconut milk in a medium sized pot at medium heat. Add sugar and salt and mix. Bring the mixture to a bubbling boil (about 4 mins).  Boil for another 4 minutes or until the mixture forms a thin thread. Take off heat.

Immediately add 1 1/2 cups of the coconut and cardamom mixture.  Mix well. Add the coconut flour and mix again. If the mixture appears too wet, let it cool for a minute. Then add more shredded coconut 2 Tbsp at a time. The mixture becomes less wet as it cools.

Let the mixture cool for 2 minutes then shape into balls with 2 to 3 tablespoons of the mixture each.  Do not hesitate to form the balls as the mixture hardens as it cools.  Roll the balls in the remaining shredded coconut.   Cool completely.  Store in the refrigerator.