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Tuesday 27 September 2016

Instant Peanut Coconut Ladoo / Festive Cooking


 Sharad Navratri is just around the corner and those who celebrate this festival may be busy in cleaning their house and preparing for the 9 day festivity. 9 forms of the Goddess Durga are worshiped during this festival and most of the devotees observe Navratri Fast or vrat for all 9 days and have only a single meal during the day. Many special dishes are made during Navratri , some to be had as fasting food ( food which can be had while fasting / Vrat ka khana ) and some to be offered to goddess Durga as Bhog / Naivedhyam. How about making a delicious and quick dessert, which can serve both as a fasting food and Naivedhyam ?


Here's such  a quick , fasting recipe with just 3 ingredients !! Yes just three..the recipe calls for use of  scrapped fresh Coconut , roasted Peanut powder and powdered Sugar. Just blend these three ingredients and bind them into ball shape. Ta da you are done ! If you have roasted peanuts ready at hand , then this is a no cook recipe . This Peanut Coconut ladoo are not only very easy to make but they are filling and can be made in a jiffy.


The ladoos serve best for any festive occasion. Apart from being a filling fasting food ( food for vrat) , these white balls are loved by one and all. Can be packed as a healthy snack for kids or simply enjoyed to satisfy ones sweet cravings!!

Ingredients: 1 cup =200 ml

  • 2 cup fresh Coconut , scrapped
  • 1 1/2 cup Peanuts
  • 1/2 cup Sugar or as per taste
  • Saffron strands for garnishing (optional)

  Method:
  1. Heat up a pan on medium flame. Add peanuts to it. Roast them on low to medium heat for about 10 minutes. 

  2.  Allow the peanuts to cool down. Remove the skin by gently rubbing the roasted peanuts and grind them to a coarse powder in a grinder. Remove and keep aside. Now grind the sugar to powder.


  3.  In a large mixing bowl , combine scrapped Coconut, roasted peanut powder and powdered sugar. Mix well .


  4.  Bind the mixture to a round shape of desired size. The moisture from the fresh coconut is enough to bind the ladoos. 


  5.  Repeat the same for all the ladoos. Garnish the ladoos with Saffron strands and serve. You can refrigerate the ladoos for 2-3 days. But they taste best when fresh .



  I hope you would love to give this recipe a try. Do not forget to give your valuable feed back. 
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27 comments :

  1. Simple and tasty laddoos with just few ingredients.

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    1. Absolutely di..very simple yet delish ! Thank you.

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  2. Love these easy laddoos, they look wonderful :)

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  3. They look just wow !! Am definitely gonna try them this festive season

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    1. Thank you Anshu..do give it a try and share your feedback with us

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  4. Yummy...love the idea of adding peanuts to these Ladoos😊 Thanks for sharing!!

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    1. Adding roasted peanuts lends a very nice nutty flavour and bite to the ladooand make them filling .

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  5. Wow, my kind of laddoos, both peanuts and coconut are my favourite. Just want to gobble some laddoos rite now.

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    1. Thank you Priya..I am glad you liked the post.

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  6. Looks simple and easy to prepare. I will save this recipe to try sometime soon.

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    1. Looking forward to hearing from you. Happy cooking !

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  7. One snack, I often make and store it for my sweet cravings is Peanut Ladoo. I never tried adding coconut to this ladoo. Next time, will give a try on this one :)

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    1. Coconut lends a lovely flavor to the peanut Ladoo Malini. Di share your feedback with us if you try this recipe.

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  8. Peanut ladoo is a quick one to make, adding of coconut is new to me also.

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    1. Thank you Jayashree. Do try out this version . I am sure you will love it

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  9. I love the combination of peanuts and coconut and the recipe looks so easy to make. I am definitely making this.

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    1. Thank you Nandita. Looking forward to your feedback. Happy cooking !

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  10. Simple, quick and healthy....so good for the festive season

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  11. I really want these ladoo now, so tempting. I am going to make for Prasad, one thing can I use desiccated coconut?

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    1. Desiccated coconut will not give the moisture, fresh scrapped coconut lends to the recipe Jagruti. The moisture gives a proper binding to the ladoos as we are not using any liquid in the recipe.

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  12. These are really mouthwatering laddu recipe. I first thought of sugar syrup, but the whole process itself is easy and quick to make. Love this recipe.

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    1. Yes Bhawana making these Ladoo is very easy. You do not require any sugar syrup. Just bind the ingredients and you are done.

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  13. Sounds yummy! I love the simple ingredients available in any pantry to go in this ladooo. Thanks Poonam bookmarking.

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    1. Glad that you liked the recipe di. Do give it a try. The ladoos turn out great.

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  14. Such a lovely recipe of coconut and peanut ladoos, easy to make and perfect for any festival.

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