Pumpkin coconut ladoo

Name: Pumpkin coconut ladoo
Yield: 16 ladoos
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup grated red pumpkin; 1/2 cup besan or gram flour; 1 cup sugar; 2 - cups scrapped fresh coconut; 1/2 cup ghee; 1 cup milk; 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder; 2 tablespoon desiccated coconut

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

Riyadh

#Ladoos
There are a lot of varieties of ladoo that are being made during any festival or occasion in India. Most of them are made with different kinds of grains , flour or milk. I tried to make ladoos with a different ingredient, I incorporate a yummy vegetable, that is red pumpkin to make these yummy ladoos.

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

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Ingredients

16 ladoos

1 cupgrated red pumpkin
1/2 cupbesan or gram flour
1 cupsugar
2- cups scrapped fresh coconut
1/2 cupghee
1 cupmilk
1/2 teaspooncardamom powder
2 tablespoondesiccated coconut

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Steps

1

Place the grated pumpkin in a non stick pan and saute in medium heat until raw smell of pumpkin removes.
2

Transfer in a dish. It will take approx 5-6 minutes.
3

In the same pan also saute scrapped coconut in medium heat until a nice toasted flavor emits.Be careful not to change the colour of coconut.
4

Transfer in the dish. It will take 5-8 minutes.
5

Sieve besan or gram flour and also saute in the pan till you get a nice roasted aroma.
6

Don't over roast the besan, stirring in low flame will help to roast nicely and yet colour will not change much. Transfer in a paper.
7

Now in a heavy bottomed saucepan combine roasted besan, pumpkin, coconut, sugar and milk.
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Mix well so that no lumps form in the mixture.
9

Now place the saucepan over medium low heat and continue to cook by stirring constantly.
10

Cook for 7 -8 minutes.
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Add ghee, simmer and continue to cook. The mixture will start changing colour and will be bright.
12

Cook till the mixture becomes thick and leaving the sides. It will take more 7-8 minutes.
13

At this stage, remove from heat. Continue to stir, otherwise the mixture will get burned.
14

Add cardamom powder and mix. Let the mixture cool down so that I can handle properly to make the ladoos.
15

Divide the mixture in 16 equal portions and shape each portion into ladoo.
16

Roll these ladoos in desiccated coconut or you can simply enjoy them without rolling in coconut.
17

I rolled some ladoos in desiccated coconut and some I keep as they are.