Peanut Laddus/Balls
Ingredients
1 generous cup - peanuts
1/2 cup jaggery
Cardomom powder
Coconut pieces
Method
Step 1:Mix little water and jaggery and heat it till jaggery is all melted without any lumps.
Step 2:Heat it till it comes to a boil. My Mil did a drop-in-the-water-to-see-if-ready test. Drop some spoon of boiling jaggery in water. Leave it for 5 seconds and then take it and try to roll into a ball. If you can and it becomes hard, then its ready. Saute the coconut pieces in little ghee and keep aside.
Step 3:Alternatively dry roast the peanuts till evenly brown and then add it to the jaggery syrup along with the coconut pieces. Incorporate well.
Step 4:Let it cool a bit and then start making it into round shapes. Care should be taken to not let it cool a lot cos then it would be hard to shape them. The fingers should feel relatively hot.
