Coconut ladoo
Coconut ladoos are a rich, sweet dessert-snack. This is made for many festive occasions. Coconut laddoo is a very simple and easy recipe to make. These are made with few ingredients. Traditionally in Indian households ladoos are served as fudge candies.
Ingredients
- 1-1/4 cup coconut freshly grated or frozen
- 3 cups milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
Instructions
- Boil the milk and coconut in heavy bottom pan over medium high heat (I am using heavy non stick pan), do stir occasionally.
- After milk comes to boil reduce the heat to medium and cook for 25-30 minutes, until all the moisture is absorbed and coconut is thick and creamy consistency.
- Add sugar and cardamom to the coconut and cook for 7-8 minutes stir continuously, until all the moisture is absorbed. Coconut mix will be thick and crumbly in consistency. Turn off the heat.
- Spread the coconut mix on the plate and let it cool of to the room temperature.
- To make the ladoos, take about 2 tablespoons of coconut mixture into your palm. Gently press to form a smooth, round ball. Adjust the size of ladoo as you prefer
Notes
Ladoos are ready to be served; you can refrigerate them for about two weeks.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
harshin
May 19, 2019 at 5:55 pmHi Manjula
I tried making cocunut ladoos last night but couldn’t form the balls. Any ideas what I should do? My mixture is ready but i can see it’s not too powdery as I grated fresh cocunuts. pls help.
Manjula Jain
May 24, 2019 at 12:28 amMay be ladoo mix is too dry, add a spoon of warm milk
Nilima
October 2, 2016 at 9:00 pmCould I roll laddoos in coconut powder after cooking / mixing in sweetened milk. I have lots of coconut powder at home. Please advise
Manjula Jain
October 4, 2016 at 10:41 pmNilima, it should be good
Christina Raj
August 23, 2016 at 1:34 amThank you for this yummy looking recipe. What is the shelf life for this laddoo and how do we store it? Thanks
Manjula Jain
August 24, 2016 at 6:53 amChristina, ladoo can refrigerate them for about two weeks
Neha
June 7, 2016 at 11:46 amHello mam
Like all ur recipes .wanted to ask can I use coconut (gola, dry Coconut ) for making ladoo.
Manjula Jain
June 16, 2016 at 10:32 pmNeha, it will work but texture will be different
Didina
January 7, 2016 at 12:10 pmDear Manjula,
I did this delicious recipe twice, once with a mix of cow milk and coconut milk (because I didn’t have enough milk at the moment) and yesterday with coconut milk only for a lactose-intolerant friend. They were both delicious, though I prefer the milk version because of taste and one problem I had with coconut milk: near the end it released coconut oil, lots of it, so I sieved most of it away to form the ladoos. It was still good though.
P
November 11, 2015 at 1:16 pmWhen I boiled my coconut in 3 cups of milk, it took me much longer than 30 mins for it to form into something more solid.. any thought as to why?
Manjula Jain
November 11, 2015 at 11:43 pmP it could be always few minutes more or less
Shruti
November 11, 2015 at 6:07 amHello Manjula Aunty, thanks for your recipe.. I have made ladoos using your recipe many times and it turned out perfect every single time… This time when I made it, I got stuck and couldn’t form balls when mixture was warm.. Now balls are not getting formed and it’s become crumbly.. Should I warm the mixture again.. Please help.. I wanted to use this ladoo for diwali Pooja tonight..
Thanks in advance for help.. Please if anyone else also knows.. Do help pls…
Manjula Jain
November 11, 2015 at 12:59 pmShruti, Happy Diwali, add little hot milk to the mixture
Tasneem
September 22, 2015 at 1:11 amI tried to make it today but it didn’t worked for me. was it because i used boiled milk and did not boiled the milk with the coconut as the recepi says? Everything went well but that creamy texture didn’t came about.i cooked till the milk was absorbed then i baked it in OTG. its still inside the oven i hope it turns out great.
Manjula Jain
September 22, 2015 at 7:03 amTasneem, why are you baking and how it turned out after baking
Pearlee
August 24, 2015 at 5:43 pmDelicious coconut ladoos! I made 3 batches yesterday, took two batches to work and kept one at home. You make the desserts so easy!! Thank you for this recipe!
Char Sullivan
August 21, 2015 at 2:52 pmCan coconut milk be used in making the coconut ladoos because of allergies instead of regular dairy milk?
I absolutely love your site and I’m learning a new to us, way of cooking and enjoying food. Thank you so very much for your wonderful recipes and very instructive videos.
Manjula Jain
August 21, 2015 at 11:11 pmChar, I have never tried, but I think it should work, let us know how was the experiment, other viewers can also benefit.
Avanti
August 7, 2015 at 5:45 amThis is the simplest recipe I have seen. Tried it and made delicious laddoos. All your recipes are simple to make yet delicious. Thanks a ton for making cooking so easy 🙂 And I love your sweet and loving nature.
vidya rao
April 13, 2015 at 4:51 amI like this coconut ladoo and it came out well.
Lubna
February 24, 2015 at 10:19 amhi, what are the measurement is terms of ml?
satyam sahu
December 9, 2014 at 4:48 amvery nice
Sherry
November 1, 2014 at 10:06 amHow can we make this Recepie with coconut flakes.
Manjula Jain
November 1, 2014 at 11:42 pmSherry,
I don’t know making with coconut flakes, but if that’s what you have just blend to make it powdery consistency, hope this will help.
Mauli Buch
October 20, 2014 at 4:16 pmDear Manjulaji,
Thanks so much for your wonderful recipies. They are very easy to make and well explained. Most of the times, they need the least ingredients and I do not have to go shopping to make something spontaneously. The coconut laddoo is one such recipie. Thanks once again for wonderful, delicious and easy recpies. It makes cooking fun.
Regards, Mauli
Neena
October 10, 2014 at 3:17 amDear Manjula ,
Namaste . Was planning to make these Ladoos ,so can I use condensed milk ,instead of normal milk ?
Thanks .
Neena
Navjit
October 24, 2015 at 7:10 amNeena yes u can….just don’t add sugar…yummy n no heating required….just in a big bowl, add condensed milk can n desiccated coconut n just mix using hands….roll them in more coconut powder n u r good to go
Indu
October 4, 2014 at 6:55 pmThanks Manjulaji for presenting the wonderful recipe. I made the ladoo for Lakshmi puja ceremony. Everyone in family praised it. I used whole milk instead of 2% milk.
Indu
October 4, 2014 at 6:52 pmThanks Manjulaji for presenting the wonderful recipe. I made the ladies for Lakshmi puja ceremony. Everyone in family praised it.
Sarla
August 10, 2014 at 2:28 pmThank you for replying!!
The ladoo’s turned out extremely good and everyone loved them.
Thank you very much for sharing your recipes.
Very happy 😀
Sarla
August 9, 2014 at 5:08 pmI also have the same question, Can I use desiccated coconut instead?
Please reply, I need to make these today.
Manjula Jain
August 9, 2014 at 8:49 pmSarla,
it will work little different texture but still good
Amrita
August 9, 2014 at 8:45 amManjula ji,
I have dry desiccated coconut . How do i use that in this recipe?
Joyce Lalbeharry
August 7, 2014 at 3:42 pmWHAT KIND OF MILK FOR LADOO
Neetu Rastogi
August 7, 2014 at 12:08 amIs it dry desiccated coconut?
poonam
August 6, 2014 at 5:42 pmAre you sure……… we have to refrigerate them for about
two weeks!!!! or 2 hours???
amrita
August 7, 2014 at 3:49 amyou can refrigerate the ladoos upto two weeks for future consumption…
Manjula Jain
August 7, 2014 at 9:16 amyes
अनिल कुमार
August 6, 2014 at 1:38 pmवाह, ये तो आज ही बनाने पड़ेंगे! थेंक्यू!