Coconut Ladoo

kobbari undalu

Ingredients

1 cup grated coconut

1 cup grated jaggery(bellam)

1/4th cup water

1/2 tsp cardamom pwd(optional)

Method

• In a cooking vessel add grated jaggery and water and bring it to boil till you observe some string consistency….hardly it takes 10mts…
• Now add grated coconut and mix well…….keep mixing in between not to let the mixture to burn……after 10 to 15mts the mixture changes its colour to light brown and also becomes more sticky……….at this time switch off the stove and let it cool for 5 to 10mts…..add cardamom powder if you want…..
• Prepare balls of ur required size within 10mts….. only then, you can  easily make balls and serve……

note:

• do not cook for more time if so, the mixture hardens.
• if the mixture is not allowing you to make balls just grease your palm’s with ghee and prepare..

 

Sweet Pongal/Chakra-Pongal

Chakra-Pongal

ChakraPongal is a Sweet cooked with rice,moongdal,jaggery,coconut cubes and dry fruits…This sweet is cooked especially during festive time and offered to God.This is my all time favourite sweet  :) hope u all like this…enjoyyyyy

Ingredients

1cup rice

1/2 cup moongdal

1 cup jaggery

1/2 cup coconut cubed

1-2 tsp ghee

dry fruits(cashews,badam,kismis)

water 31/2 cups as it should be pasty

1 /2 tsp Cardamom powder

Procedure

• Wash the rice and moongdal together and pressure cook  for 3 whistles
• Once it is done take a cooking bowl add jaggery to it along with  1/4th cup water and keep it on stove till the solution forms a string consistency and switch off the stove.
• Now add the rice-moongdal mixture to the jaggery solution, mix well and keep aside.
• Now in a pan add ghee,when it is heated add coconut cubes,dryfruits …fry for a minute and… add these to the Chakra-Pongal
• Finally add cardamom powder.Serve Hotttt…….