Coconut Laddu

Intro

These are gorgeous; the flavour of coconut ice but soft and creamy - and none of that cloying sweetness.

Recipe

3 cups desicated coconut

4 cups full fat milk

1.75 cups sugar

1/2 cup extra coconut

Place 3 cups coconut and 2.5 cups of milk in a blender and blend until it becomes a smoothish paste (couple of minutes. Place into a large heavy flat bottomed saucepan, add the remaining milk and bring to the boil stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium and stirring constantly cook until the mixture is very thick. Add the sugar (and a few drops of cochineal if you want pink balls) and continue stirring and cooking until it is thick again.

Transfer to a bowl and leave until cold in the fridge. Form into small balls and roll in coconut.