You are going to love these DIY Healthy, Natural, Nutritious Desserts your guilt-free pleasure this Winter
Make these DIY Healthy, Natural, Nutritious Desserts your guilt-free pleasure this Winter.
Refined sugar and even artificial sweeteners may be the most common thing we use so easily in our beverages, foods and desserts to give it that sweet and happy taste.
While the tongue rejoices in this happiness our entire body doesn’t feel the same way. It is a ‘devil of disease’ and is probably the worst thing that came out as a manufactured food product.
In ancient India and Indian food science there is no place for sugar. Oh! But there is oodles of place for sweet, healthy and power packed nutritious desserts. These desserts actually aid in the development of the body and will urge you to make it a part of your diet and ditch the artificial sweeteners and refined sugar right away.
Our very scientific ancestors understood the body and applied it into ancient Indian food science. It may now have become fashionable and a trend to be vegan, organic, sustainable and natural in all our consumption. But India was always using this as the main theme in its way of life.
Naturopathy was always vegan, plant based and free of anything that was manufactured. It is built on the notion that everything that the body needs is there in nature. Western science could use this wisdom and knowledge too. While modern science catches up with Indian scientific history, why don’t you bite into the sweet taste of these dessert recipes and of course thank us later.
The recipes are based on Neerja Roy Chowdhury’s work who has written many books on memory and food science.
These recipes use all aspects of natural methods of cooking and are free of any dairy or artificial. They are loaded with nuts and nutrition without comprising on taste.
Its just what your body and tongue both need.
From the ancient Indian kitchen to your plate presenting the winter favourite ‘Gajar ka Halwa’ and that too Vegan.
VEGAN CARROT HALWA
Ingredients
*One cup carrots grated
*3/4 jaggery powder or honey to taste
*½ cup cashews, roasted
*A pinch of dried ginger powder (saunth)
*A pinch of cardamom powder
*Almonds and whole raisins to garnish (optional)
*Water as per consistency for cashew paste
Serves: 2
Time: 20 minutes
Method
*Steam the grated carrots for 10 to 15 minutes
*Now squeeze the water from the steamed carrots
*Use this carrots water to blend roasted cashews
*Add Cardamom powder and dried Ginger powder to cashew paste.Add water to make the paste thick
*Now transfer the steamed carrots to a bowl.
*Add jaggery powder or honey and cashew paste.
*Mix well with a spoon. Garnish with almonds and raisins.
Go nuts with flavour with this power packed nutrition rich, sweet nutty-licious dessert experience, the coconut ladoo.
COCONUT LADOO
Ingredients
*1 cup coconut, freshly grated
*1 cup dates without sugar coating, chopped, pitted
*3 tablespoon freshly grated coconut to roll the ladoos
*Nuts of your choice (optional)
Serves: 6
Time: 10 minutes
Method
*Add grated coconut and chopped dates to the grinder .If you are using nuts add them at this point. Grind them well.
*Now, portion the mixture into equals and make the laddoos.
*Spread the grated coconut in a plate and roll the ladoos
Now, your ladoos are ready to serve.
MEETHA MAGIC DELIGHT
*1 Banana peeled, chopped
*½ Apple peeled, chopped
*1 kiwi peeled, chopped
*5-6 Raisins, soaked
*5-6 Almonds, soaked
*10 Cashews, soaked
*3 raw dates, pitted, chopped
Serves: 1
Time: 10 minutes
Method
*Take all the chopped fruits in the bowl.
*Now blend cashews dates and coconut in a blender until smooth with some water to make a thick paste
*Add this paste in the fruit bowl
*Add Raisins and Almonds and mix them well with a spoon
Enjoy this delicious quickie sweet treat!
SESAME GINGER LADOO
Ingredients
*1 cup plus 2 tablespoons(for rolling) Sesame Seeds
*1 cup dates without sugar coating, chopped, pitted
*¼ cup Ginger Powder (Saunth) )
Serves: 6
Time: 10 minutes
Method
*Grind one cup sesame seeds
*Add the dates and Ginger powder. Grind well.
*Roll into small equal ladoos.
*Place the loose sesame seeds on a clean dry plate and roll the ladoos over it.
Bite into this healthy lip smacking ladoo which both your tongue and bones will love. Enjoy!
Our ancestors were highly modern, advanced, scientific people who lived a balanced life.
They the health of all living beings and the planet was a priority.
The science of eating food is quite simple. If it grows, eat it, if it doesn’t don’t.
Eat food that grows and you will grow too.
We of course will keep bringing you tasty and healthy food options.
So that you can keep eating healthy without having to compromise on the taste.
Love large, Eat healthy, Live human-size!
