SUGAR FREE DATES ROLL
By: Namita Tiwari
Published: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 6:44pm

Ingredients




500 Gms dates
½ cup almonds
½ cup cashew nuts
¼ cup pistachios
½ cup poppy seeds
1 tablespoon butter or ghee (clarified butter)

Preparation

1 Soak the dates in hot water. Drain. Remove the seeds and chop the dates finely. 2 Place the almonds on a baking tray. Toast the almonds till fragrant and browned (Set the oven temperature to 100 degrees and set the timer to 10 minutes.). Chop the nuts coarsely. 3 Transfer the chopped dates to a thick bottomed wok. Add butter and cook on a low flame. In about fifteen minutes, the dates will become soft. Mash them with the ladle. Cook till the mixture becomes smooth and uniform. Turn off the gas. 4 Add nuts and mix well. 5 Make three rolls of one inch diameter each from this mixture. 6 Place these rolls in a plate containing poppy seeds. Coat the rolls with poppy seeds. 7 Keep the plate in refrigerator for an hour. The rolls will become hard. With a sharp knife, cut out pieces about of 1mm thickness. 8 Store in an airtight container.

About

Dates rolls are made with dates and a medley of nuts. With all the goodness of dates and nuts, these sugar free rolls make  perfect sweet bites after meals to satiate sweet cravings.

Comments:
Namita Tiwari

Healthy way of satiating sweet cravings after meals.