Coconut paan ladoo

Name: Coconut paan ladoo
Yield: 15 ladoos
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 beetel leaves; 200 gm condensed milk; 50 gm coconut powder; 50 gm coconut powder for coating; 100 gm rose petals(red); 50 gm sugar; 1 teaspoon fennel seeds; 2 tablespoon honey; 1 teaspoon ghee

Sulaksha Redkar Narvecar @cook_20768615

Bangalore

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In India"meetha paan" is enjoyed by all on special occasions after meal as a mouth freshner mostly famous in indian wedding.Basically meetha paan is a beetel leaf folded by stuffing gulkand(rose petal jam) coconut etc.There are different variations in preparation of paan in India. Beetel leaves has it's own medicinal properties it is filled with vitamin c and has a healing properties whereas gulkaand helps in reducing body heat and reducing inflammation, In india there are special paan chops which makes different types of this exotic paan.. As it's not always possible to go outside to enjoy this paan it has made me to combine this exotic flavours into a form of ladoo, these are coconut paan ladoos stuffed with gulkand, so that it can be quickly picked from fridge and enjoy it's burst of flavours in mouth after meal.It's very easy to prepare recipe with few ingredients and yes very refreshing one

Sulaksha Redkar Narvecar @cook_20768615

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Ingredients

15 ladoos

4beetel leaves
200 gmcondensed milk
50 gmcoconut powder
50 gmcoconut powder for coating
100 gmrose petals(red)
50 gmsugar
1 teaspoonfennel seeds
2 tablespoonhoney
1 teaspoonghee

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Steps

1

To prepare gulkaand(stuffing) we need to crush the rose petals well, heat pan add sugar, crushed rose petals and fennel seed and stir until sugar dissolve once thickened put off the flame and let it cool add honey and combine well. It will be of consistancy of jam. Our stuffing is done.
2

In a food processor add condensed milk,beetel leaves(make sure middle vein of leaf is removed) green food colour and combine well in pulse
3

Heat non stick pan and add this paan mixture and stir well, now add coconut powder combine and stir until mixture thicken and forms into a dough, switch off the flame and allow it to cool
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Now grease ur palm with ghee, take little portion of dough and flatten it, place 1/2 teaspoon of gulkand(stuffing) in middle combine all the edges together and roll it into a shape of ladoo
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Coat it with coconut powder and your ladoos are done. Garnish it with little gulkand on top.serve