LADU

2 lb | 900g glutinous rice, roasted and ground
2 lb 10 oz | 1.2kg of jagra (Chinese brown sugar, in slabs) or dark brown sugar.
6 lb 10 oz | 3kg lb pine nuts, roasted and ground
1 grated coconut
a little ground pepper
1 lb 3 oz | 550g of white beans, roasted and ground

Melt and strain the jagra. Return to fire to thicken. When at peak stage, blend in coconut and pine nut powder, and cook slowly.

Remove from the fire and sift flour, blending in little by little and mix well.

Add 2-3 tbsp of powdered beans.

Mould into rectangular shapes, ¾”-1″ | 2-3cm high. When cold, cut into blocks about 3″ | 7 cm long.

Sprinkle with bean powder.