Name: Naralipakatle Ladoo / Suji and Coconut Ladoo recipe by Poonam Bachhav at BetterButter
Prep time: 120 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 135 min
Yield: 25
Ingredients: Suji / Semolina - 2 cup; Fresh Coconut , Scrapped- 1 cup; Few Saffron strands(optional); Water- 1 cup; Cardamom and Nutmeg powder- 1/2 tsp; Nuts of your choice (slices or crushed into small pieces)+ Raisins - 3/4 cup; Sugar- 1 1/2 cup; Ghee- 1/2 cup

ABOUT Naralipakatle Ladoo / Suji and Coconut Ladoo RECIPE

This is a traditional Maharashtrian dish where sweet balls made up of roasted Semolina and Coconut are combined with sugar syrup , ghee and dry fruits . This melt in mouth homemade ladoos are my all time favourite .

Ingredients Serving: 25

Suji / Semolina - 2 cup
Fresh Coconut , Scrapped- 1 cup
Few Saffron strands(optional)
Water- 1 cup
Cardamom and Nutmeg powder- 1/2 tsp
Nuts of your choice (slices or crushed into small pieces)+ Raisins - 3/4 cup
Sugar- 1 1/2 cup
Ghee- 1/2 cup

Instructions

Heat ghee in a non stick wok and add Semolina to it. Roast it on a low to medium flame until fragrant and it turns pinkish. take care not to burn it.
Now add the scraped coconut to the roasted Semolina and keep stirring continuously until there is no more moisture left in the mixture.
Now add the nuts and raisins. Mix them and roast the mixture again for 1 more minute.
In a separate sauce pan take sugar , add water to it and put on the flame. Add few saffron strands, at this stage. Make the sugar syrup to one string consistency .
Add the sugar syrup to the mixture, mix properly and cook for 1-2 minutes and then turn off the flame. Let this mixture rest for 1-2 hours.
After 1-2 hrs the Suji soaks up all the syrup and becomes dry enough to roll into ladoos.

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