Ellu Unda/ Sweet Sesame seed and coconut balls
Delicious nutty, sweet dessert made with sesame seeds, coconut, jaggery and touch of fragment spice cardamom.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 cup 2 tablespoon /130 g white sesame seeds
- ¾ cup / 150g jaggery
- ½ cup desiccated coconut I used fine
- 4 cardamom pods crushed
- 13 tablespoon waters
- 1 tablespoon ghee plus extra for greasing the hand while making balls
Instructions
- First roast the sesame seeds in low flame for 5 minutes. Until it slightly brown in color and set aside.
- In another small vessel add jaggery and water and melt first then strain for impurities. Bring back to heat and boil until jaggery syrup is thickened and when you add a drop you will able to make soft ball.
- Mix in roasted sesame seeds, then coconut, ghee and cardamom powder and set aside.
- While it is warm try to make small ball out it. This step you need to careful it is too hot your hand will burn, if too cold you can’t make the balls out of it. So do it while it is slightly hot.
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