sabudana ladoo recipe with step by step photos – a sweet recipe which is good for fasting as well as during festival days. sabudana or tapioca pearls is one ingredient which is much used during fasting or vrats in india.

Ingredients For cover:

• Sabudana– 1 cup
• Cashew nuts – 9-10.
• Desiccated Coconut – 1/2 cup
• Sugar – 1 cup
• Water – 1 cup
• Oil – as required
• Rose Petals
• Cashews

the sabudana ladoos tasted awesome and you will like them even more, if you are fond of having coconut in sweets. so do give this sabudana ladoo a try if you are looking for a different variety of ladoo, you want to make for festive or fasting occasions.

lets start step by step sabudana ladoo recipe:

1. roast the sabudana (tapioca pearls) in a kadai or pan in a low flame. this step takes a long time… about 30 mins. you have to stir continuously. the pearls swell a bit and become crunchy and light brown when nicely roasted. if you bite, they won’t be crisp as fried sabudana pearl….. but you can bite into it.
2. as mentioned above, this process of roasting take approx 25 to 30 minutes on a low flame. you can see in the pic the color and texture of the pearls. cool the pearls completely and then grind to a fine powder in a dry grinder.
3. lightly roast the desiccated coconut for 2-3 minutes. no need to brown the coconut.
4. in the same pan where you have roasted the coconut, add the ground sabudana powder.
5. add powdered sugar and mix well.
6. heat oil/ghee in a pan. add chopped cashews and fry them till golden.
7. pour this whole mixture of oil and browned cashews into the sabudana mixture. also add cardamom powdered and nutmeg.
8. mix very well.
9. when the mixture is still slightly hot or warm. make medium sized balls from it.
10. make all the ladoos in a similar way. sabudana ladoo are ready to be served.
11. you can also store the sabudana ladoos in an air tight container in a fridge for a week or so.

Enjoy the sabudana ladoos.