Khajoor Pak #SugarFree

In this series of  #HealthBhiTasteBhi, I am going to show an amazing quick cooking recipe which perfectly balances taste and health. This recipe is full of healthy ingredients and serves as a perfect snack to grab and eat for the ones with sweet tooth. 

This recipe is full with nutrients of Khajoor (dates), dry fruits (nuts) and seeds. And our favorite, ghee(unsalted butter). This is definitely Glutenfree. In order to make it vegan, you can easily replace ghee with oil or any vegan unsalted butter and milk with vegan milk.

Let's see how to make it.

Ingredients:

Khajoor (dates) deseeded and blended- 2 cups

Badam (almonds)- chopped - 1/2 cup

Kaju (cashews)- chopped - 1/2 cup (optional)

Kishmish (Raisins)- 1/2 cup

Ghee ( or unsalted butter)- 3 tbsp

Til (sesame seeds) - 2 tbsp

coconut desiccated - 2 tbsp

melon seeds - 2tbsp (optional) 

Khoya -3/4 cup (optional), can take 1 cup of milk instead

Ilaychi powder- 1 pinch 

Khuskhus - 1tbsp

Makes around 24 pieces.

Procedure:

Chop almonds, cashews. Blend Khajoor in a mixer with no or little milk. Keep the mixture slightly coarse. It gives the pak the bite and a slight binding. Now, heat a pan and add ghee to it.

Roast all the nuts in it.

Then add sesame seeds and coconut to it. Add melon seeds. Roast for a couple of minutes till the color changes or it becomes fragrant. 

 Next, add blended khajoor. Cook till it becomes tender. Make sure it does not stick to the pan. Else it would give a burnt flavor.

 Now, you can add either milk or mava(khoya) to it. I had home made khoya ready with me, hence I added it. I you do not have it ready, add milk. Adding milk will increase the time of cooking (till the time it reduces completely). Or if you have condensed milk readily available, you can add it instead of milk. This will make it rich in taste and significantly reduce the cooking time.

  

Once it is nicely combined, take it a plate. Let it cool slightly, just to enable us to work with it. Now, take the mixture in parchment paper or baking paper or in aluminum foil. Roll it nice and tight. Freeze it for 10-15 minutes. This will make it firm and enable us to cut it.

Now, roll the rolls in Khuskhus to give it a bazaar like texture. Your Khajoor pak is ready. Cut it and serve it :) 

This is a beautiful recipe to satiate your sweet tooth and yet maintain your health. #SugarFree!