We get it 🙂 It’s hard to put into words just how much that special man in your life means to you. Whether it’s your dad, uncle, brother, grandpa — anyone who has been a father figure to you — you want to make sure you express your love and gratitude for him the right way come June 20. Whether it’s a Tiered Tower or Simple Homemade little loaf cake is a wonderful way to celebrate.
No sugar super healthy treat – Dates Prunes Banana Cake
This time I used Oats flour and replaced whole wheat flour with whole wheat spelled flakes homemade flour. Oats are a vegan super staple due to all the great ways you can enjoy them. They help thicken gravies, work as healthy substitutes for refined flours and grains. You can add oats flour to whole wheat flour and make whole wheat oats chapati or paratha.
Chocolate Oats Dates Prunes Brownies
Chocolate Oats Dates Prunes Brownies | No Sugar No Egg No All Purpose Flour No Butter And No Oven Baked
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I try to add oats to pretty much everything – dosa ,uttapam, idli, chilla or cookies. Then why not in baking ?. These brownies are simple to make and have all the qualities you want in a brownie. They’re rich, fudgy, moist, chocolatey, and delicious too.
No Sugar No Egg No All Purpose Flour No Butter And No Oven Baked
Ingredients: Oats flour – 1 cup Whole wheat flour – 1/2 cup Cocoa powder – 1/4 cup Dates & Prunes – 10 each ( Dates deseeded) Room temperature milk – 3/4 cup Oil – 1/4 cup Baking powder – 1 tsp Baking soda – 1/2 tsp A pinch of Himalayan pink salt
Sieve dry Ingredients: Mix oats flour, whole wheat flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt and keep it aside.
Wet Ingredients: Now add milk, dates & prunes, oil, to mixer and blend until smooth.
Now mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients well.
Put half prepared batter into a greased square pan. Sprinkle nuts mix over batter.
Put remaining batter and sprinkle nuts over it and with help of spatula press nuts gently.
Tab the pan on a countertop to release any large air bubbles.
Put the pan into the preheated kadai (wok) and bake it for 1 hour 15 minutes.
When brownie is done, allow to cool for 10 minutes.
Remove bread from the pan and set them on a rack set over a tray or sheet pan.
Allow brownie to cool completely before slicing and enjoy.
Baked In Kadai ( Wok)
Tips:
Adjust dates & prunes quantity according to your taste.
Baking time may vary.
If batter looks dry, add 1/8 cup of milk.
If baking in Oven: Bake in the preheated oven at 180 deg Celsius or around 360 Fahrenheit for about 1 hour. The baking time may vary. So keep checking the cake after 40 to 45 minutes.
Healthy Treat
HOW TO BAKE THE CAKE IN KADAI (WOK)
In a heavy bottom kadai add a cup of salt or sand. Place a steel stand in a wok. Cover and preheat the kadai on high heat for about 8 minutes. (Adding salt at the bottom ensures that the kadai doesn’t burn. Heavy bottom kadai acts as oven and ensures even cooking from all sides). I never used salt in my baking because I use a heavy bottom kadai (Prestige Brand) and I am baking for the past 2 years in the same kadai. It works perfectly fine. But, it depends on the brand, quality of the kadai.
After 8 minutes, lower the heat and put baking tin in a kadai. Cover a lid and bake bread for 60 minutes. After 60 minutes check cake with a knife, if the mixture does not stick, it means the bread is done. If batter still sticks to knife then again bread for another 10 minutes.
Ganesh Chaturthi is just around the corner and preparations are at full swing to welcome Lord Ganesha – the God of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune. Ganesh chaturthi also referred as Vinayaka Chaturthi, it is a 10-day celebration. During this festival, sweets and savory dishes are made and offered to Ganpati as a prasad (bhog). Then distributed amongst the devotees.
Ganesh Chaturthi Recipe
Dates Cranberries Burfi – No Sugar Sweet is a healthy and delicious sweet without any form of processed sugar. All sweetness come from Dates and Dried Red Cranberries and sweets is loaded with nuts.
Dates Cranberries Burfi
When you need toasted nuts for a recipe generally we do – Skillet toasting. Skillet toasting great for producing small batches of toasted nuts, but the results are uneven and you can burn them if you get distracted. Here’s a quick and cool way to toast nuts and seeds – Microwave Method. It’s so easy and only takes a few minutes.
Microwave Method | No Sugar Treat
Just spread nuts and seeds on a microwave-safe plate and in an even layer. The trick also works for coconut powder, sesame seeds, or another seeds of your choice. Then cooks the nuts on full power for three minutes. Every minute, pauses the process to mix up the nuts so that they toast evenly.
It is a simple and easy sweet recipe made with dates, coconut powder, sesame seeds, flax seeds and lots of dry fruits. It’s a NO SUGAR treat. The sweetness comes from dates and dried red cranberries. This burfi is best for any festivals or special occasion.
Sugar Free Mithai
Ingredients: Dates, Seedless – 2 cups Dried red cranberries – 1 cup Almonds – 1/4 cup Cashews – 1/4 cup Pistachios – 1/4 cup Pecans – 1/4 cup Coconut powder – 1/4 cup Sesame Seeds – 1/4 cup Flax seeds – 2 tbsp Green cardamom powder – 1 tsp A pinch of salt
Dates & Dried Red Cranberries
Method:
Spread them (Almonds, Cashews, Pistachios, Pecans, Coconut powder, Sesame Seeds, Flax seeds) onto a microwave-safe plate in an even layer.
Microwave them on high power for 7 minutes. Check them every 60 seconds to make sure that they don’t get burned.
Then allow roasted nuts and seeds to cool down completely then transfer to a dry grinder along with dates and dried red cranberries.
Take out the grounded dates nuts mixture and roll it out into a cylindrical shape by pressing with both the hands.
Now take an aluminum foil sheet or cling film and place a rolled burfi on it. Spread some sprinkles on foil and wrap up nicely. Place it in a refrigerator for 2 hours.
After 2 hours, unwrap the rolled burfi and cut them into ½ cm thick burfi. Keep in an airtight container.
Ripe bananas, dates, and milk give this no sugar tea time cake its tender, moist crumb and delicious, natural sweetness. Toasted sesame, flax seeds add an extra crunch and texture. Soft and moist eggless Whole Wheat Dates Banana Tea Time Cake is a perfect partner with a hot cup of tea.
No Sugar Dates Banana Cake
Mix up your baking game by baking with dates. Yes, Dates are the best natural sweetener because they are loaded with fiber and essential minerals, like calcium and iron. Dates are a sweet and nourishing food from the dates palm tree, it is also known as “khajoor” in India, “tawarikh” in Arabic, “daibino” in Nigeria, and “palmier” in French.
Dates
Dates are mostly consumed in the middle east as part of their staple diet because of the high nutritional values. A fresh date is a drupe fruit with a fleshy outer part surrounded with a shell of hardened endocarp, consisting of seed inside. They are cylindrically oval with fleshy pericarp and varies in color, from bright red to bright yellow and brown when dried. I love to use dates not only in baking but in making chutneys or dip, sweets, my favorite no sugar filling for gujiya.
I bake with whole-wheat flour as much as possible. It has almost four times more fiber than all-purpose flour and provides more potassium, magnesium, and zinc. Baking is a science-not all baked goods are ideal candidates for whole-wheat, but if you experiment, you’ll find many recipes just as delicious with whole-wheat flour. I have been baking from the last 9 years with whole wheat flour. Each time results are awesome and delicious.
Eggless Whole Wheat Banana Walnut Dates Cake
Whole-wheat flour, as implied, is made up of the whole wheat kernel—endosperm, bran, and germ. Because of this, it has a higher protein content than all-purpose (up to 15 percent), as well as more fiber, nutrients, and flavor. Because the bran and germ get in the way of gluten formation, whole-wheat flour has a bad rap for making baked goods dense and stodgy.
Cooker Cake
No Sugar Dates Banana Cake | Whole Wheat Dates Banana Tea Time Cake | No Egg, No Butter, No All Purpose Flour, No Sugar
This cake is super moist made with dates, banana, toasted sesame, and flax seeds in every bite. The darker, softer, and blacker the better. Super-ripe bananas are easier to mash so you can get a nice uniform texture. The banana puree blends in with the other ingredients and bakes a perfect no sugar cake.
No Egg, No Butter, No All Purpose Flour, No Sugar
Ingredients:
Whole Wheat Flour – 1 cup Seedless & Chopped Dates – 10 Seedless Dates – 14 Milk – 3/4 cup Banana – 1 Oil – 1/4 cup Baking powder – 1 tsp Baking Soda – 1/2 tsp Sesame seeds & flax seeds – 1/4 cup each + 2 tbsp each (For topping) A pinch of salt
Healthy Tea Time Cake
Method:
Soak dates in 3/4 cup of warm milk for 20 minutes.
Dry Ingredients: Sieve whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda with a pinch of salt. Add chopped dates, sesame seeds, flax seeds and mix them well.
Wet Ingredients: Now in a grinder add soaked dates with milk (Use the same milk in which dates are soaked), banana, oil. Grind the mixture until smooth.
Now mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients well.
Put prepared batter into a greased square pan. Sprinkle topping (sesame and flax seeds) over batter and with help of spatula press nuts gently.
Tab the pan on a countertop to release any large air bubbles.
Put the pan into the preheated pressure cooker and bake it for 1 hour.
No Refined Sugar Cake
Tips:
You can add 1/2 cup of brown sugar.
Baking time may vary.
If Baking in Oven: Bake in the preheated oven at 180 deg Celsius or around 360 Fahrenheit for about 60 minutes. The baking time may vary. So keep checking the cake after 40 to 45 minutes.
Dates Banana Cake
Pressure Cooker Method: Grease the baking tin with oil and dust it by sprinkling whole wheat flour over greased surface evenly. Pour the mixture into the greased baking tin.
No Oven Cake
Important Notes:
Use a baking tin of 6 inches in diameter, so that it can easily get into the pressure cooker.
Use a 5-liter pressure cooker. It should be big enough to hold the baking pan.
Baking Tin should be made of Aluminium.
If baking tin comes into direct contact with the base of the pressure cooker, it can burn ( overbake ) the cake. So use pressure cooker container which has big holes in it or any aluminum small stand.
No gasket and whistle are needed. Remove them before baking.
Don’t add water to the pressure cooker.
Pressure Cooker Cake
How To Bake In A Pressure Cooker?
Heat the pressure cooker on high heat for 2 minutes.
Use sea salt or sand as a layer inside a cooker. Put a steel stand on a layer of salt or sand. Now put the cake tin containing the cake batter ( Do not put water inside the pressure cooker).
Close the pressure cooker lid and do not put the whistle on the lid. Remove the gasket (rubber ring) from the lid. Lower the flame after 2 minutes.
Let it bake for 60 minutes on low flame. After 60 minutes check cake with a knife, if the mixture does not stick, it means the cake is done. If batter still sticks to knife then again bake for another 10 minutes. Do not open the lid immediately.
Cakes are a delight of all times. Nothing beats the flavor that cakes add to the celebration. They have and would always be one of the most sought after desserts that make a perfect statement of sweetness.
Healthy Birthday Cake
For all the sweet tooth, it’s undeniably a pleasurable treat. But what about you, health. Anything sweet is a sin. You refrain from changing for another bite lest you should gain weight, your strict regime has almost everything delicious struck out of your dictionary.
No Sugar Cake
This simple homemade cake is moist, light, tasty, and super healthy. It’s made from simple whole food ingredients like dry fruit, milk, homemade whole wheat spelled flakes flour and homemade oat flours. Earlier, I shared chocolate brownies recipe with oats in which I used two types of oats – steel cuts and instant cooking oats. It turned out super tasty and moist.
Fitness Freak Hubby Birthday Cake
My husband doesn’t like sugar at all but today is his birthday. So “Cake toh banta hai,” and guess it’s NO SUGAR cake. Instead of sugar, I used Dates and Prunes with few Raisins in it which are the healthier sugar substitute. A Raisin is a dried grape. Raisins are produced in many regions of the world and may be eaten raw or used in cooking, baking, and brewing.
Dates & Prunes
Dates are a good source of various vitamins and minerals. It’s also a good source of energy, sugar, and fiber. Essential minerals such as calcium, iron, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, magnesium, and zinc can be found in dates. Dates give perfect sweetness in this cake.
Healthy Slice
Prunes are dried plums that are typically known to help regulate digestion. Prunes are a powerhouse of nutrients and adding them to your daily diet can provide you with a plethora of health benefits. Prunes are a great source of vitamin A, a vitamin that is essential for healthy vision.
No Oven Cake
While baking I always tried to add more nuts and seeds. There a wide variety of seeds that you can eat and they add valuable minerals and protein to your diet. They blend easily into your smoothies, without changing the flavor or texture too much. While there are many seeds you could add to your smoothie, but these four are my favorite –flax seeds, sesame seeds, roasted pumpkin seeds, roasted melon seeds. I always buy them in a bulk and then slightly roast flax and sesame seeds. Then mix them together in a jar (1/2 cup each seed). Just add 1 tbsp of mixed seeds in your smoothie or sprinkle on salad. They give a nice even flavor and added texture.
Nuts & Seeds
The maida or all-purpose flour has been substituted with homemade oats and whole wheat spelled flakes flour along with dates, and other dry fruits in this cake recipe is a delicious option for a wholesome birthday cake for fitness lover like my husband.
Super Moist Cake Slice
Type of flours I used in this cake: In this, I used three types of flour – Whole wheat spelled flake flour, Old fashioned oats flour, and Quick-cooking oats flour. I roasted Whole wheat spelled flakes, Old fashioned oats, Quick-cooking oats separately, and grain them into fine flour.
Three Flours
Whole wheat spelled flakes: These spelled flakes consist of fully organic spelled granules. The whole grains are cold crushed into flakes and remain free of additives. Thanks to the many proteins, spelled flakes are particularly nutritious. In fact, they contain more protein than wheat. In addition, they are easy to digest. You can eat these steamed flakes.
Whole wheat spelled flakes
Old fashioned oats : These like flat, irregularly round, slightly textured discs. When processed, the whole grains of oats are first steamed to make them soft and pliable, then pressed to flatten them. Rolled oats cook faster than steel-cut oats, absorb more liquid, and hold their shape relatively well during cooking. In addition, to be heated for a warm breakfast bowl, rolled oats are commonly used in granola bars, cookies, muffins, and other baked goods.
Old fashioned oats
Quick-cooking oats : Quick oats or quick-cooking oats are rolled oats that go through further processing to decrease cooking time. They’re partially cooked by steaming and then rolled even thinner than old-fashioned oats. They cook within a few minutes, have a mild flavor and soft, mushy texture.
Quick-cooking oats
This protein-rich nut and seed cake are packed with nutrients. It is a no all-purpose flour, no sugar, no butter, and egg-free cake with the goodness of oats. This nut and seed cake is a super healthy and delicious cake that can be had as a breakfast or a perfect tea partner.
This no-sugar cake is high in protein, fiber, and contains healthy fats. It is loaded with crunchy nuts, seeds mix with healthy flours, sweetened with dates and prunes. The best part about this recipe is that you can mix and match most of the ingredients. You can adapt this recipe according to whatever nuts, seeds, and grains available in your pantry.
Healthy No Sugar Cake
Ingredients: Whole wheat spelled flake flour – 1 cup Quick cooking oats flour– 1/4 cup Old fashioned oats flour – 1/4 cup Milk – 1 & 1/4 cups Oil – 1/4 cup Baking powder – 1 tsp Baking soda – 1/2 tsp Dates (deseed)- 16 Prunes – 10 Raisins – 1/4 cup A pinch of salt
Mix dry fruits & seeds – Roasted almonds, pecans, pistachios, raisins, dried red cranberries, roasted sunflower seeds, dried apricots, sesame seeds (Any other nuts and seeds of your choice)
For topping : Coconut flakes and sesame seeds – 3 tbsp each
Method :
Soak dates, prunes with raisins in 1 & 1/4 cups of warm milk for 1 hour.
Toss 2 tsp of oat flour with mix dry fruits and nuts. Keep it aside.
Dry Ingredients: Mix all three flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt with tossed dry fruits and nuts. Keep it aside.
Now in a grinder add soaked dates and prunes with milk (Use the same milk in which dates are soaked), oil. Grind the mixture until smooth.
Now mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients well.
Put prepared batter into a greased square pan. Sprinkle topping over batter and with help of spatula press nuts gently.
Tab the pan on a countertop to release any large air bubbles.
Put the pan into the preheated pressure cooker and bake it for 1 hour.
No Egg, No Butter Birthday Cake
Tips :
Don’t demould quickly allow it to cool down completely.
Cover cake with kitchen towel for half an hour before slicing.
Baking time may vary.
If prepared batter looks dry, add 2- 4 tbsp of milk.
If baking in Oven: Bake in the preheated oven at 180 deg Celsius or around 360 Fahrenheit for about 1 hour. The baking time may vary. So keep checking after 40 to 45 minutes.
Super moist slice
Pressure Cooker Method: Grease the baking tin with oil and dust it by sprinkling whole wheat flour over greased surface evenly. Pour the mixture into the greased baking tin.
Important Notes:
Use the baking tin of 6 inches in diameter, so that it can easily get into the pressure cooker.
Use a 5-liter pressure cooker. It should be big enough to hold the baking pan.
Baking Tin should be made of Aluminium.
If baking tin comes into direct contact with the base of the pressure cooker, it can burn ( overbake ) the cake. So use pressure cooker container which has big holes in it or any aluminum small stand.
No gasket and whistle are needed. Remove them before baking.
Don’t add water to the pressure cooker.
Pressure Cooker Cake
How to Bake In A Pressure Cooker?
Heat the pressure cooker on high heat for 2 minutes. Use sea salt or sand as a layer inside a cooker. Put a steel stand on a layer of salt or sand.
Now put the cake tin containing the cake batter ( Do not put water inside the pressure cooker).
Close the pressure cooker lid and do not put the whistle on the lid. Remove the gasket (rubber ring) from the lid.
Lower the flame after 2 minutes. Let it bake for 50 -60 minutes on low flame. After 60 minutes check cake with a knife, if the mixture does not stick, it means the cake is done.
If batter still sticks to knife then again bake for another 10 minutes. Do not open the lid immediately.
Dates Jaggery Dip is a sweet and sour no sugar dip made with dates and jaggery which goes well with all chaat recipes.Dates are chewy with a sweet flavor. Being rich in various nutrients, fiber, and antioxidants, dates have amazing benefits for the brain and heart. It also helps in improving bone health, treating constipation, intestinal disorders, heart problems, anemia, and many other conditions.
No Sugar Dip
By adding jaggery this chutney becomes healthier. The benefits of jaggery include its ability to cleanse your body, sweeten your food in a healthy manner, and provide good amounts of minerals. This chutney can be stored in a refrigerated for up to 6 months.
Jaggery or Gur
Dates & Jaggery
Ingredients : Dates – 1 cup Grated Jaggery – 1 cup Roasted pumpkin and melon seeds – 1/4 cup
Spices: Amchur powder – 1 tsp Roasted cumin powder – 1 tsp Garam masala – 1/2 tsp Black pepper powder – 1/2 tsp Red chili powder – 1/2 tsp Roasted fennel powder – 1/4 tsp Black salt – 1/2 tsp Salt – 1/2 tsp
Jar Of Goodness
Method :
Wash and soak dates in a 1 cup of warm water for 30 minutes. Then remove seeds and grind dates (use same water in which dates are soaked) into a smooth puree.
In a nonstick pan add grated jaggery with dates puree and mix till jaggery is completely dissolved.
Then add all spices and mix gently.
Cook the chutney on low flame till to right and little thick consistency on low flame.
Switch off the gas and add roasted pumpkin seeds, melon seeds. Mix them well.
Keep aside prepared chutney to cool down completely and then store in a glass jar.
Khajur Gur Ki Chutney
Tips :
This stays good in the fridge for 6 months.
You can have the consistency of the sweet chutney as per your choice. Simply alter the amount of water and make the chutney thin or thick as per your requirements.
Adjust the amount of jaggery according to your taste.
Don’t overcook chutney. It will be thick when cools down.
This traditional dark cake is typically made with plain flour mixed with dates and topped with pecans. It is generally made with all purpose flour, but in this recipe, I replaced all purpose flour with whole wheat flour. It has all the natural sugars from dates and jaggery. Ideal for a mid-morning snack or afternoon tea break, it is a great way to use up pecans and dates, figs you have lying around in your cupboard.
Date Fig Jaggery Cake
Dates are the fruit from a palm tree and can be referred to as the date palm. There are thousands of varieties but they can be classified into three simple sub-groups: soft, semi-dry and dry. Depending on your recipe or your preference will determine which kind of date you look for.
Pressure Cooker Cake
Dates also happen to be a mineral and vitamin-rich food as well as a great source of dietary fiber. Recent studies show that dates can contribute to several health benefits such as can help lower cholesterol, improving bone health, promoting digestion and so much more. They may be high in sugar but like other fruits, it’s the natural kind. So when introduced into the diet correctly, the sugar and calories can be harmless. Considering they contain natural sugars this makes them the perfect addition to many sweet recipes.
Smooth-skinned and lusciously sweet, figs have a unique taste and texture, with slightly chewy flesh peppered with tiny, crunchy seeds. Their high sugar content pairs perfectly with similarly intense flavors, adding a burst of sweetness to savory dishes and a distinctive texture and aroma to sweet treats. Figs are technically inverted flowers that store their pollen inside the fruit. Native to the Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia, figs flavor has been described as a kind of a honey-taste with hints of berry. And of course, they give a crunchy-crisp texture from the seeds.
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Ingredients: Whole wheat flour – 1 cup Dates – 10 Milk – 1 & 1/2 cups Figs – 5 Grated jaggery – 1/2 cup Refined Oil – 1/4 cup Baking Soda – 1 tsp Chopped pecans, fig, dates – 1/4 cup each Flax seeds for topping- 1 tbsp A pinch of himalayan pink salt
Method :
Soak chopped dates and figs in 1 & 1/2 cups of hot milk for 30 minutes.
In a deep mixing bowl add chopped pecans, fig, dates (1/4 cup each) with 1 tsp of flour. Mix well.
In a same mixing bowl. Sift dry ingredients: Whole wheat flour, baking soda with a pinch of salt. Mix them well.
Wet Ingredients: Now in a grinder add soaked dates, figs with milk (Use the same milk in which they are soaked), jaggery, oil. Grind the mixture until smooth.
Now mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients well.
Put prepared batter into a greased pan.
Sprinkle Chopped pecans, fig, dates with flax seeds over batter and with help of spatula press nuts gently.
Tab the pan on a countertop to release any large air bubbles.
Put the pan into the preheated pressure cooker and bake it for 1 hour 10 minutes.
When cake is done, allow to cool for 10 minutes. Remove cake from the pan and set them on a rack set over a tray or sheet pan.
Allow cake to cool completely before slicing.
Eggless Butterless Sugarless Baking
Tips:
Baking time may vary.
If cake batter looks dry, add 2- 4 tbsp of water or milk.
If baking in Oven: Bake in the preheated oven at 180 deg Celsius or around 360 Fahrenheit for about 1 hour 30 minutes. The baking time may vary. So keep checking the cake after 40 to 45 minutes.
Pressure Cooker Method: Grease the baking tin with oil and dust it by sprinkling whole wheat flour over greased surface evenly. Pour the mixture into the greased baking tin.
Important Notes:
Use the baking tin of 6 inches in diameter, so that it can easily get into the pressure cooker.
Use a 5-liter pressure cooker. It should be big enough to hold the baking pan.
Baking Tin should be made of Aluminium.
If baking tin comes into direct contact with the base of the pressure cooker, it can burn ( overbake ) the cake. So use pressure cooker container which has big holes in it or any aluminum small stand.
No gasket and whistle are needed. Remove them before baking.
Don’t add water to the pressure cooker.
Avoid baking without spreading salt at the bottom. Salt absorbs some heat from the extreme hot base and prevents overheating. I never used salt in my baking because I use a heavy bottom aluminum cooker and I am baking for the past 10 years in the same cooker. It works perfectly fine. But, it depends on the brand, quality of the pressure cooker. I use prestige 5 liters heavy bottom pressure cooker for baking.
Tea Time Cake
How to Bake In A Pressure Cooker?
Heat the pressure cooker on high heat for 8 minutes. Use sea salt or sand as a layer inside a cooker. Put a steel stand on a layer of salt or sand.
Now put the cake tin containing the cake batter ( Do not put water inside the pressure cooker).
Close the pressure cooker lid and do not put the whistle on the lid. Remove the gasket (rubber ring) from the lid.
Lower the flame after 8 minutes. Let it bake for 50 -60 minutes on low flame. After 60 minutes check cake with a knife, if the mixture does not stick, it means the cake is done.
If batter still sticks to knife then again bake for another 10 minutes. Do not open the lid immediately.
This sweet and sour chutney made with tart green grapes, black grapes, jaggery ( Gur), dates with some spices. This chutney has loads of goodness of dates and jaggery. As we know they both are super healthy.
No Sugar Chutney
Grapes Dates Chutney – No Sugar Spread
Ingredients :
Chopped Grapes – 250 gms (Mix Green and Black Grapes)
Chopped Dates – 3/4 cup
Jaggery – 1/2 cup
Spices:
Roasted cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Black pepper powder – 1/2 tsp
Red chili powder – 1/2 tsp
Black salt – 1/2 tsp
Method:
Put all chopped grapes with 1/2 cup of water in a deep saucepan. Cook for 5 minutes on a medium-low flame.
Now add chopped dates, jaggery along with all spices and cook chutney on low flame till to right and little thick consistency.
Keep aside to cool. Grind it into a smooth paste and store in a glass jar.
Holi is coming, everyone is busy making “Gujiya”, the popular Holi sweet. Gujia is a sweet dumpling made with Maida and stuffed with Mawa, Rava, and Dry fruits. Making Gujiya is very time-consuming but without it Holi is incomplete. Today I am sharing an easy recipe to make Gujiya stuffing which takes less time and it has no sugar. All sweetness comes from dates, dried apricot, raisins, and jaggery.
No Sugar Gujiya Filling
It is quick because there is no need to chop dry fruits (which is a time-consuming task). Just roast them and mix with other roasted ingredients (Mawa, Coconut, Rava ). Grind all roasted ingredients in a grinder and its ready to use.
Dates, Apricot & Jaggery
No Sugar Filling For Gujiya – Healthy & Quick
Ingredients: Homemade Mawa – 1 cup Rava or Sooji – 1/2 cup
Dry Grated Coconut – 1/2 cup
Dry fruits – 1 cup ( Walnuts, Pistachios, Almonds, Raisins, Cashews)
Chopped Dates – 1/2 cup
Chopped Dried Apricots – 1/2 cup
Grated Jaggery – 1/2 cup
Fennel seeds – 2 tbsp Cardamon powder – 2 tbsp
Butter or Ghee – 2 tbsp
Salt a pinch
Method:
Heat a non-stick heavy pan and roast dry grated coconut for 5 minutes on a very low flame stirring continuously.
Transfer roasted coconut in a bowl and keep it aside.
Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in the same pan and add all whole dry fruits. Roast them for 2-5 minutes on low flame stirring continuously. Switch off the flame and transfer to another bowl. Allow them to cool down completely.
Now heat 1 tbsp ghee in the same pan and add Mawa. Roast for 3 minutes on a very low flame.
Add rava and roast until mixture turns into light brown in color. Take out on a plate and allow to cool down completely.
Take a big bowl mix roasted Mawa Rava mixture, coconut, dry fruits, chopped dates, and apricots.
Add grated jaggery, cardamom powder, fennel seeds with a pinch of salt. Mix them nicely.
Put prepared mixture in a grinder and grind it into a coarse powder.
Gujiya filling is ready to use.
No Sugar Gujiya Filling
Tips:
Allow to cool down roasted ingredients completely before mixing them.
You can replace jaggery with powdered white sugar or powdered brown sugar.
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