Mango Coconut Ladoo. Fudgy Mango balls made with Mango Puree, Coconut and almond meal. Vegan gluten-free recipe. Easy soy-free dessert or snack. Pin this post
Because Mango and Summer! Well its techinically not as Summery here in the PNW. Lots of clouds, some rain, and lotsa sinus issues. (Maybe we should move down towards sunnier south). Anywho, mango always brightens my day!
These fudgy balls are super mangoey and a perfect treat. Add some ground nuts and seeds or protein powder to make them into a snack or add some more sweet for dessert. Use seeds to make nut-free. Mango, coconut and almond meal are cooked to thicken. Some coconut flour and starch thicken the mix further to a sticky dough that is shaped into balls. Shape the mixture into balls or pat into a bar to make burfis (mango coconut bars). Add flavors of choice like cardamom or vanilla. Make these Mango Coconut Ladoo Balls today!
More Mango Recipes from the blog
- Mango Mojito – so refreshing and Summery!
- Mango Cupcakes – 1 bowl
- Mango Dal – Easy 6 ingredient Dal.
- Mango Sheera / Halwa
- Mango Lassi – Mango Yogurt Smoothie
- Mango Burfi – Bars
- Mango Sriracha Cauliflower Bites
Hello there Summer!
Recipe Card
Mango Coconut Ladoo
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (40 g) shredded coconut dried
- 1/4 cup (28 g) almond meal
- 1 cup (255 ml) or more mango puree thick puree from can or ripe mango
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) salt
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) nutritional yeast optional - it adds a bit of khoya kind of flavor profile which is in dairy based ladoos
- sugar or other sweetener if needed
- 1 tbsp coconut flour
- 1 tbsp cornstarch or other starch
- shredded coconut for garnish
Instructions
- Add coconut, almond meal and pureed mango to a saucepan over medium heat. Cook for 7 to 8 minutes until bubbling away.
- Add the salt, nutritional yeast. Taste and add sugar or sweetener if needed. At this point you can also add other ground nuts or seeds or protein powder.
- Mix starch into the coconut flour really well and add to the mixture. Mix in really well and cook for 8 to 10 minutes. Continue to cook until the mixture becomes stiff and leaves the sides of the pan. The cooking time depends on the moisture in the mango puree.
- Chill the mixture in the refrigerator for half an hour. Shape into balls or press into parchment lined loaf to cut into bars. Roll the balls in shredded coconut. Store on the counter for the day, or refrigerate for upto 5 days.
Notes
Nutrition
Naleni Amarnath
Looks and sounds like a delicious recipe and there is no added sugar! It’s great as many of us are trying to cut out sugar intake in our diets, and at the same time would like to have something sweet occasionally. This a sure try. Thank you for all your delicious and healthy recipes!
Vegan Richa Support
yay!
Ruth Hanrahan
The mango coconut ladoo looks so delicious and easy to make. I will definitely make some soon.
Thank you!
Vegan Richa Support
yay! thank you!
Rima Pandey
Hi Richa very yummy recipe but I need to know about almond meal what is it and where will I get it ?
Richa
It’s just powdered almonds. You can get that in stores or powder them in a blender
Harshinee
What can I use instead of almond meal ?
Richa
more coconut and a tbsp of flour to help thicken
Ronen Levy
Amazing tasty recipe!
Asiha
Hi Richa,
Recipe looks delicious. How many balls will I roughly get from the recipe. I’m thinking of making some for Diwali. Want to make sure I get portions right!
Richa
7 to 9
Asiha
Thank you.
Ratna Bhusal
I used frozen store bought mangoes and frozen Indian mangoes for this. The store bought ones were too tangy so I had to add quite a bit of sugar. I too had to add water constantly so that it didn’t burn. I think next time I’m going to add more mangoes – only added 1 cup last time and had a bit of an issue getting into round shapes. But all in all, super tasty! Thank you so much.
Richa
Great! sugar might burn faster as well. Yes definitely play around with the mangoes.
Ratna Bhusal
Thanks Richa again. I made this as part of rakhi celebration and it was a great hit! 🙂
Harpal
Do you use savoury nutritional yeast?
Richa
yes. its a small quantity, you can omit it.
Richa
yes. its a small quantity, you can omit it
Harpal Kaur
I have it and love it, was just making sure that i wasn’t missing something lol Xx
Kate
What do you recommend instead of coconut flour? Would more almon meal be best or semolina or gram flour? Thanks! Am loving your recipes!
Richa
Semolina.
Samantha
Hi Richa
Can I sub semolina or corn meal for the almond meal?
Richa
Semolina would work well.
Shivali (vedicvegan.com)
These look yummy Richa! I’m a huge fan of your recipes 🙂
Caroline
These look delicious, can I substitute anything else for the shredded coconut?
Thank you – I love all your ideas and recipes 🙂
Richa
more almond meal or any other ground nuts or seeds (sunflower/pumpkin).
Cassie
Yummy, these look awesome! I love how you took such tropical flavors and made an interesting dessert out of them!
Lana
Dear Richa,
is it possible to make the Ladoos instead of almonds only with coconut flour?
Greetings from Berlin
Lana
Richa
Yes. Add the coconut flour (about a 1/4 cup) when you add starch. Mix in and cook for a minute. Add more only if needed. The mixture will thicken a lot more and more quickly. Once it is not sticky, let it chill and then shape.
Chelsey
Yum! I love mango anything 🙂 I’m interested to see how the nutritional yeast will flavour it.
Ranjana
I made these yesterday and they’re all gone – very nice and not so sweet. Perfect for our family! Making some more today:)
Ritu
Can i omit nutitional yeast? Or use something else instead ?
Richa
omit it.
Eileen
Going to a Guru Purinma event, will be taking this, what a treat! thank you Vegan Richa
Sue
I have this cooling in the refrigerator for 30 mins. before I pour it into a pan. One thing I noticed is that I had to add water to my fresh mango puree. I do think it tastes good with no added sugar, but I did add 1/4t cardamom. Can’t wait to eat this cooled!!! Thanks for the recipe. 🙂
Richa
it really depends on the mango. the Indian Mango brands that are sometimes available in Indian stores are very sweet. They dont need any added sugar. Most of the other mangoes I have tried in regular grocery stores are at the max half as sweet, so they do need added sugar. i add 1 to 2 tbsp. You can also add other sweetness like chopped dates, or raisins or currants and you will not need the added sugar.
Saska
These look absolutely amazing! I’m going to try them this week!
Thanks for sharing 🙂
XX Saska
Richa
Thanks!