Paan Coconut Ladoo
Oct 17, 2016, Updated Oct 14, 2021
Instant Paan Coconut Ladoo, filled with gulkand is an easy Indian sweet for Diwali! You need only 15 minutes to make these!
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Instant Paan Coconut Ladoo filled with gulkand – a special little treat to enjoy this Diwali!
I am so excited to be finally be able to share some Diwali recipes with you guys. Yes! My favorite festival and most definitely my favorite time of the year. This year Diwali falls on 30th October, quite early actually. But for me literally Diwali festivities started in July/August! As you guys know, I had to work way in advance because of mom’s treatment this year [and that’s so unlike me, I mean I have always said – I am not a planner, I suck at these things! but this time, I had no choice.] So anyway I was making Diwali sweets in like July and there was one person who was very happy about this. Yes you guessed it was my husband! He would come back home and get to eat these sweets everyday and too in July. And then he would say seriously there are way too many perks of being a husband of a food blogger, one of them being that you get to eat Diwali sweets 3 months in advance! I think I agree with him! ?
These Paan Coconut Ladoo are my absolute favorite. Super easy to make and taste delicious. For those who don’t know paan is the hindi name for betel leaves. In India people fill these leaves with tobacco and eat it but there’s also another use – it has a very refreshing taste so it’s often used with few other things like rose petal preserve, fennel seeds to make what is called “meetha paan” or sweet paan. It’s eaten as a mouth freshener after meals. I absolutely love meetha paan and have shared 2 recipes before using the same flavors. In these Paan Coconut Ladoo, I have combined the flavors of meetha paan and coconut and they turned out absolutely amazing.
Coconut ladoo using condensed milk are the easiest Diwali sweet that you can make. I have a recipe for this 2 ingredient coconut ladoo on my blog but this year I wanted to do something special with coconut ladoo and adding paan flavor seemed like a great idea. We make them in the same way as instant coconut ladoo but we grind some paan leaves with the condensed milk before adding it to the pan with the desiccated coconut. Also these coconut ladoos are filled with gulkand (rose petal preserve) which makes them really flavorful. You can also add some chopped nuts too in the center. Just chop them fine and mix with the gulkand and stuff the ladoos with the mixture.
I hope you guys enjoy these easy Paan Coconut Ladoo on Diwali this year and it finds a place on your Diwali menu! I will be sharing more Diwali recipes in the coming weeks, so watch this space!
Method
To a food processor, add chopped paan leaves and condensed milk.
Pulse till well both are well combined. Set aside.
Heat ghee in a pan on medium heat.
Once ghee is hot, add desiccated coconut and roast for 2-3 minutes on medium-low heat.
Add the condensed milk – paan mixture and stir to combine. You may add few drops of green food color at this point.
Cook for another 2 minutes on low heat, mixture will thicken. Remove from heat and let the mixture cool down a bit.
Grease your hands with little ghee, take small portion from the coconut mixture, flatten it and add 1/2-1 teaspoon of gulkand in the center.
Bring the edges together and roll to form a ladoo.
Roll the prepared ladoo in desiccated coconut. Repeat the same process with the remaining ladoos.
Store these Paan Coconut Ladoo in the refrigerator and enjoy!
* Using green food color is optional.
* You can also add chopped nuts with gulkand in the filling.
Paan Coconut Ladoo
Ingredients
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons desiccated coconut unsweetened
- 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 4 paan leaves also known as betel leaves
- 4-5 teaspoons gulkand also know as rose petal preserve
- 1 teaspoon ghee also known as clarified butter
- green food color optional
- more desiccated coconut for rolling
Instructions
- To a food processor, add chopped paan leaves and condensed milk. Pulse till well both are well combined. Set aside.
- Heat ghee in a pan on medium heat. Once ghee is hot, add desiccated coconut and roast for 2-3 minutes on medium-low heat.
- Add the condensed milk - paan mixture and stir to combine. You may add few drops of green food color at this point.
- Cook for another 2 minutes on low heat, mixture will thicken. Remove from heat and let the mixture cool down a bit.
- Grease your hands with little ghee, take small portion from the coconut mixture, flatten it and add 1/2-1 teaspoon of gulkand in the center.
- Bring the edges together and roll to form a ladoo.
- Roll the prepared ladoo in desiccated coconut. Repeat the same process with the remaining ladoos.
- Keep the paan coconut ladoo refrigerated.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Paan Coconut Ladoo
Great recipe!look fwd to trying! Pls specify sweetened dessicated coconut and condensed milk!!
Hope you like it! the coconut is not sweetened, the condensed milk is!
Superb..in the recipe you mentioned 3 to 4 tsp Gulkhand and while making Laddoos to add 1 tsp for each Laddoo..so do we have to take 1 tsp for each right..and Gulkhand is it powder or little liquid..have homemade dry Gulkhand powder at home.thanks for the recipe.
1/2 to 1 teaspoon, as much as you like and can fit inside the ladoo easily! The gulkand that I have used has a paste like consistency..no sure if dried powder would work!
Hi Manali, great recipe. Can’t wait to make it.
Can I use oil instead of ghee in the recipe?
Thanks!
Thanks! You may use oil..it’s little ghee so won’t make much of a difference!
This is Superb, I am going to try it in my office potluck.
Thank you So much!!!
Welcome! hope you enjoy them!
Mam can I get the recipe in grams as coconut is light weight we are getting confused
Pls can u tell me how long they can be kept fresh.
hmm 2-3 days at room temperature, couple days more in the refrigerator!
Can I use magic bullet for grinding pan leaves with condense milk? I don’t have chopper… So???
you can try that jyothi..ultimately it all needs to be super fine and one smooth mixture and ideally you would need a blender or food processor for that.
It was awesome…. Everyone loved it.. Thanks for the recipie?
Manali, i tried this 3 times & its so easyandveru tasty everytime i make and all liked it?!
but , i am having little tough time making the laddos , becoz the condensed milk makes it so
Sticky to bring together , after gulkand is filled.
Any tips on that to avoid stickiness on hands?
Second , didu try with sugar instead of condensed milk?
Let me know
hmm that shouldn’t be a problem. What you can do is apply some melted ghee on your hands before rolling the ladoos, this way they won’t stick. Hope that helps and I am glad you liked the ladoos! I have not tried the recipe with sugar!
I greased with ghee before making laddos.
Anyways will send you the pic next time i do
yes please do! I will like to see what’s going on!
Which Paan leaves have you used.. there are various kinds avaliable ( Kolkata paan, Benaras pan etc)
hmm I don’t know Shradha! I have used just the regular paan leaves that we get in stores…I think the filling inside the paan makes them different, right?
Marvellous Manali 🙂
Thank you!
hi can you tell which brand gulkand you have used ?
it s very confusing to pick on from the Indian store.
Swetha it doesn’t really matter..I have used several brands in the past..they all are more or less same. But I just checked the one I use – Super Tower. Hope that helps!
Manali finally made them yesterday for party. They were huge hit. Thanks for such a amazing recipe.
Welcome Komal! Happy to know you liked them!
Thanks for sharing the recipe. Just the name of it had me drooling so tried it this Diwali. And it was a hit. It is super easy and tastes heavenly.
Welcome Kirti! Glad to know you liked it!
Hi, I could not find decicated coconut, so I got coconut powder. Is it the same? I was planning on making the ladoos tomorrow for a party. Can you let me know asap?
Thanks!
It should work Rita! Hope you liked them.
Tried and tested. The recipe is super easy and the results are super good 🙂
I am glad to hear that Anika 🙂
Hii.. awesome recipe.. I am going to make it for Bhai Dooj. How many ladoos will be ready with the quantity mentioned in the recipe above? Thanks a ton!
8-10 ladoos Ridhi! It’s written there in the recipe box 🙂
Drooling!!
Nice clicks
Thank you! 🙂
Hi Manali,
Today,right now m going to make this ladoos.can u tell me one thing for long they can be used if we dont refrigerat them ?
Hmm around 5-7 days?! Happy Diwali!
What a lovely diwali treat. Look so pretty
Thank you Beena! Happy Diwali 🙂
Tried and tasted! Very refreshing. Thank you for a great and simple recipe.
Welcome Jyothi 🙂 Happy Diwali!
Hey Manali,
I love this recipe and I am excited to try it. I have a question for you. Instead of liquid color I have powdered color. How to use powder color in this recipe. Can you please reply me as soon as possible as I am planning to make in 1 hour.
Appreciate your help and this delicious recipe.
Thank you
Hi Heta, hmm I have never worked with powdered food color but how about mixing it with very little water and then using it in the recipe? I think that should work! Hope you like the ladoos! Happy Diwali 🙂
Thank you very much for quick reply
So beautiful! Love learning about new foods. I adore Indian cuisine, but haven’t had many Indian desserts. Another thing to add to my bucket list!
These look absolutely sensational and 100% perfect! I am drawn to the GREEN!
Looks very delicious
A favourite sweet in my family
Till now use to make white n chocolate ladoos
This year paan ladoos
Thanks Taruna!
Hi Manali ,
I tried the ladoos and it tastes yum, however they are a little chewy.. Is that how they should be or did I do something wrong ???
Hi Aarvi, yes they will be chewy. It’s just desiccated coconut and condensed milk so the texture will be like that.
How long can we store them? I read else where to add in cardamom and fennel powder to the betal mixture. Is that necessary? in other words does it enhance or reduce the taste?
5-7 days in the refrigerator. I didn’t add cardamom or fennel in the betel mixture, you may if you want to. If you like those flavors, go ahead!
Looks yum..can we use fresh grated coconut?? Will the method change if we r using fresh coconut?
yes you may use fresh coconut. make sure to roast it well and get rid of all moisture. Method will remain same!
Hi Manali,
Did you use sweetened condensed milk !??!
Yes sweetened!
Hi Manali
Did you use sweetened condensed milk ?
Thanks
Yes Sweetened!
These look so festive, Manali! Love the gorgeous color too! I haven’t had coconut ladoo before, but I bet they’re delicious!
Hi! How many does this recipe make?
Looking delicious
Wow amazing! So did you use sweetened desiccated coconut?
No Nidhi, it was unsweetened desiccated coconut!
I m gonna try dis, they look perfect for d diwali sweet, grt thinking manali ma’am, it’s gonna b a big hit for the pan lovers like me 🙂
These are so pretty! Love the pictures, too! Pinning!
Thank you
Where can I buy the paan leaves and gulkand,amazing recipe though….thx
Hi Shilpa! Indian grocery stores do have paan leaves and gulkand!
Looks amazing .. Would like to try it out.
Does Indian store carry Gulkand ( rose petal preserve) ??
Yes I got gulkand from Indian store!
which nuts do you use ?
Hi there! I have not used any nuts in the recipe. If you want you can add chopped cashews/almonds/raisins in the filling!
This is amazing! I have a huge container of gulkund that I am trying to use and this is perfect.
These look amazing Manali! Such a delicious treat! Love the green colour!
What pretty little treats, Manali! I love that green color and those coconut flakes!
I love this recipe and would definitely want to include in my Diwali party menu. Whats the shelf life of this laddoo?
Hi Megha! They should be good for 5-7 days in the refrigerator 🙂
These paan coconut ladoo look so adorable and delish. Love that pretty green color.
Oh my gosh, Manali! These little treats are SO fun I can hardly stand it! I’ve never had paan before but this seriously looks so amazing, I think I need to give it a try asap!
Love the paan flavour…recipe is simple enuf for me to give it a try…will definitely try this for diwali! Thank you!
Recently had paan shots at a restaurant after a meal , this looks even more interesting . A must try . Happy Diwali
These are so pretty! I’m not familiar with Paan Coconut Ladoo, but apparently we need to be introduced. And soon. These sound amazing, Manali! 🙂
Such a pretty treat, Manali! I’ve never heard of this before, but I love the sweet flavor and presentation. Looks delicious!
They look gorgeous! Love the colour contrast of green and white..simply beautiful!