Recipe: Tasty Coconut Laddu with Date Palm Jaggery(Khejur guder narkel naru)

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Recipe: Tasty Coconut Laddu with Date Palm Jaggery(Khejur guder narkel naru)
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Recipe: Tasty Coconut Laddu with Date Palm Jaggery(Khejur guder narkel naru) Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Coconut Laddu with Date Palm Jaggery(Khejur guder narkel naru). In Bengali language 'narkel' means coconut, 'gurer' means jaggery and 'naru' means ladoo. narkel naru can be made with sugar or jaggery. This recipe of narkel naru or coconut ladoos is made with jaggery. For the jaggery you can use the jaggery made from sugarcane juice or palm jaggery.

Narkel gur'er naru recipe: Coconut (narkel or narkol in Bengali) is a very important part of Bengali cooking and lifestyle in general.

Narkel Naru are coconut ladoos which are very popular in Bengali cuisine.

These laddoos are made with freshly grated coconut, some ghee and sugar.

You can cook Coconut Laddu with Date Palm Jaggery(Khejur guder narkel naru) using 4 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Coconut Laddu with Date Palm Jaggery(Khejur guder narkel naru)

  1. It’s of fresh grated coconut.

  2. It’s of date palm jaggery.

  3. It’s of cardamom powder.

  4. Prepare of Some ghee for greasing palm.

During winters, the Narkel Narus are made with jaggery too.

Pop one and you'll know why these are such a loved Bengali sweet.

Date palm jaggery gives a rustic earthy flavor to the kheer.

Hence this rice payesh tastes very different than the Rice kheer made with sugar. the taste grows on you slowly as you savor this delicious rice pudding.

Coconut Laddu with Date Palm Jaggery(Khejur guder narkel naru) instructions

  1. First heat a heavy kadai, reduce the flame to a low & add 2 cups fresh grated coconut..

  2. Stirring often roast the coconut for 4 to 5 min,do not brown the coconut, the roasting is just to get rid of some moisture from the coconut..

  3. Then add 1 cup jaggery Mix it very well with the coconut..

  4. Stirring non-stop cook the coconut & jaggery mixture for about 6 to 7 minutes.The mixture will slightly thicken..

  5. Do not cook too much as then the ladoos can become hard. To taste take a small portion & let it cooldown a beat. Then try to form a tiny ladoo with it. If the mixture easily can be shaped into a tiny ball,the ladoo mixture is ready..

  6. Switch off the flame & keep the pan on the counter top..

  7. Add 1/2tsp cardamom powder..

  8. Mix very well & let the mixture cool down completely..

  9. Spread a beat of ghee in your palms & taking small to medium sized portion & make the ladoos..

No wonder nolen gurer payesh is one of the popular sweet dish made in bengal along with Rasgulla and Sandesh.

Making nolen gurer payesh is easy but takes time and attention. নারকল নাড়ু

Bengali Traditional Gurer Narkel Naru recipe

Cleanses the body: Jaggery is one of the best natural cleansing agents for the body, hence it is advised to eat jaggery to remove unwanted particles from the body.

It efficiently cleans the respiratory tract, lungs, intestines, stomach and food pipe.