Nariyal Ladoo

Nariyal Ladoo Recipe

Nariyal ladoo or coconut ladoo is a popular Indian festive delight made with milk, sugar and coconut. This recipe of coconut ladoo is very easy and simple to make with a few handful of ingredients. You will find these sweet little balls on almost all the traditional festivals of India like Diwali, Holi, Ganesh Chaturthi, Navratri, etc. This recipe of nariyal ladoo is so easy to create that even a beginner can make this easily. The ingredients like desiccated coconut and fresh cream are easily available anywhere. It is one of the most famous ladoo recipe of India which you can find on festivals. There are 2-3 ways to make them and one is by adding milk-made or condensed milk in it. In this coconut ladoo recipe you will be using fresh cream instead of that. I have used green food color to make them more interesting but it's completely your choice to use it or not. Nariyal laddu is basically a round or ball shaped indian sweet. You can also add milkmaid and khoya in it. For sweetness, you can add sugar syrup, sugar, jaggery or brown sugar in it. Here, you'll find powdered sugar in place of sugar syrup in this recipe for coconut ladoo.

What are the Benefits of Coconut Ladoo?

Coconut is and rich in fiber, vitamin E, B1 and B3. It is highly nutritious and helps in reducing the risk of heart diseases. Coconut can also improve your good cholesterol. Further it helps in improving the digestive system and absorption of nutrients. Moreover, the almonds or cashews on the ladoos are a good source of protein, vitamin E, magnesium and fiber. Further if you use jaggery instead of sugar, you can get more health benefits. Jaggery is rich in antioxidants and minerals like zinc, iron, phosphorus, magnesium and selenium. It is known to boost immunity, prevents the growth of free radicals, detoxify the liver and flushes out harmful toxins from your body. You can try one more of my healthy festive sweets like atta pinni. Let's start with this laddu recipe!