Coconut Laddoos

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup condensed milk
• 1.5 cup desiccated coconut
• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
• Chopped nuts for garnish

Steps

1. Slightly warm the condensed milk in a pan set over low flame.
2. Mix the desiccated coconut into the condensed milk with a spatula, keeping the flame low for 1/2 mins.
3. Take it off the flame. The mixture should form a dough-like mass; mix in a pinch of cardamom powder.
4. Shape the dough into small laddoo balls and finish them with either a nut garnish or a roll in desiccated coconut. Serve.
5. The source cook notes that most recipes do not call for cooking condensed milk and coconut; their preference is to cook them to improve the condensed milk’s flavor and remove the raw, powdery quality of the desiccated coconut.