Do you remember the time of your childhood during festivals we used to lurk near our mothers waiting for special sweets that used to be prepared? Today I'm going to share a very special sweet called Narkeler Naru (coconut ladoos/ coconut dumplings). This is one of the most common sweet that we prepare on Lakshmi puja (Lokhi pujoo) and during Durga Puja. We actually used to eagerly wait till the offering of the naru to the Goddess Durga used to get over and just attack them soon after. Sometime I used to grab two hand fulls of the narus and run at the corner so that I don't have to share them with anybody. As you know no Bengali meal is complete without sweets so couldn't resist myself making these. Just like Bengali cuisine, Bengali sweets are known for their variety and diverse ingredients like chana, coconut, nolen gur to name a few. This particular preparation is made by special jaggery produced by date trees in Bengal. Since I made this by 'date jaggery' so the color is deep brown. We get it only in winter season (yeah you guessed it right : this post was lying in my draft for more than 6 months).
Nolen Gur is prepared by collecting palm snaps in earthen pots, which are tied in tree tops throughout the night and collected in the morning. When added with milk and cottage cheese it creates as special sweetness and flavor which cannot be substituted by sugar. When in season this jaggery is added in many sweet dishes to enhance the flavor and the taste of the dessert manifold.
This is how notun gur/ Khejur gur/ Nolen gur looks like .....
Basically it's sold in oval discs shapes
You can easily prepare this by replacing date jaggery with 1 cup sugar (chini-r naru). The taste will be little different but not less by any means.
Yeilds: 12-14 marble sized balls, Preparation time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
1 Coconut
1 tbsp Sugar
1 cup Date jaggery
2 tsp Ghee
Method:
Grate the coconut and keep it aside. Place a heavy bottomed wok on gas top. Pour grated coconut in it, add 1tbsp sugar and jaggery. Keep stirring this on medium flame. Stir continiously till the jaggery melts. Keep stirring the mixture until it feels sticky yet moist and leaves the side of the wok. This part is crucial as over doing it will dry up the mixture. It ought to be moist and hot enough to be rolled into marble sized balls. Smear a bit of ghee on your hand, scoop out a spoonful of coconut mixture and roll into walnut sized balls. Store in an air tight container. Enjoy this simple, delicious coconut balls that is made of just three ingredients.
Sending this coconut ladoo to Ayeesha's lovely event "Iftar Moments: Hijri 1431"
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ReplyDeletedifferent recipe of coconut ladoo.. nice!
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ReplyDeletemone phelle chelebelar din aar Pujor somoy...khoob bholo laglo lekhata pore, phire gelam saaee dine jae-ta kauee bhoolte pare na. Love narkel naru cooked with jaggery...like to shape them in small marble size balls and eat by popping one into the mouth and enjoy it.
Good one...
ReplyDeleteorre na kothay pele akhon nalen gur?ki apurbo baniecho. aha khub kore lobh dilam kintu.
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def reminds one of childhood.Lovely sweet.
ReplyDeleteLove this ladoos..looks so inviting, lovely
ReplyDeleteyummy.. my all time fav laddu... luks delicious and very tempting.. nice brown color too
ReplyDeletewow coconut laddu looks so delicious n perfect ...my amma used to make these laddus for me ...my favorite ...ur laddus makes me drooling here
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laddu looks sooo tempting and perfect.. thanks for sharing dear !!
ReplyDeleteNariyal laddo looks delicious. Nice one, make me nostalgic Deepa.
ReplyDeleteThe laddus are so soft and marvellous! It makes me go hungry here! A parcel please!
ReplyDeleteLooks so good Deepa, my mouthwaters here, thank you so much dear for sending this delicious treat to my event.
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Loved this spectacular prep... Very delectable..... :) Saved it for a future try.....
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I was just like you, I used to be around my Mom when she makes those goodies during festival season. I always loved to taste them first when it is still hot. These coconut laddos look yumm. Never heard about date jaggery, will check them out. Thanks for introducing this new ingredient.
ReplyDeleteHi deepa kamon achho?? khub bhalo laglo amake bholoni dekhe ..thanks a lot for the welcome note......laddu gulo darun tempting hoechhe....
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Looks so nice, have never made coconut balls with jaggery..so yummy..
ReplyDeletei remember this from my hometown.. hubby loves it.. didn't have the perfect recipe.. thanks a lot dear 4 sharing :)
ReplyDeleteThey look absolutely gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteLipsmacking and tempting ladooos..
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Hi Deepa,
ReplyDeleteLadoo looks so delicious..yummy!!
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tempting tasty ladoos
ReplyDeletebeautiful recipe- and the story of its ingredients is captivating! Wish I find all these in he US!
ReplyDeleteLovely color and looks delicious dear, wish I could have a bite...
ReplyDeletelove it.....very easy recipe & so tasty result......never used date jaggery only read about it in the blogs....may be next time will try to find at my indian store....hi to deepa aunty from kiddoos...
ReplyDeleteVery new to me...will give a try.
ReplyDeleteSimply delicious..loved it...
ReplyDeleteWOW..those ladoos looks incredible deepa..my mom would make this kind of ladoos, getting nostalgic here...thanks for sharing this dear!
ReplyDeleteSo yuuummy ladoos..wish I could grab some:)
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ReplyDeletecoconut ladoos looks so yummy...new idea to make it with date jaggery..must be delicious
ReplyDeleteHi dear...hope u r doing fine :) I was away from active blogging,i missed out many of your recipes. Trying to get hold of everything very soon..yummy & tempting ladoo..feeling like to take a bite :)
ReplyDeletedeepa thats so delicious laddus how perfetly u made those looks so wyumm.. my evertime favorite
ReplyDeletelooks so delicious and yummy!
ReplyDeleteSo very rightly said...no festivals without sweets. These laddoos look so inviting...never made coconut laddoo with jaggery.
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Yummy narkeler naadu...i love the flavor of khejur gud ...
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These cute little coconut balls look devine and must have tasted wonderful.Sorry late in commenting but not getting updates from your blog for some strange reasson.
ReplyDeleteyummy ladoos... perfect for a dessert or even a snack!
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ReplyDeleteThis ladu looks so divine yaar,perfect balls:)
Hey Deepa
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Ladoos making me drool here..looks devine ! I'll see you in September ! Have you got peda recipe? send it to my event...
These marbles looks delectable!!! We used to make similar to this in South India, its called Kamarkat.
ReplyDeleteI make a different version of this ladoo this sounds yummy with jaggery!!! lovely pics!!!
ReplyDeletelooks so tempting., I simply love this one :)
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Hi deepa it looks so tempting aamio try korbo thnxs reciper jonne
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