Diwali 2022: 3 Guilt-Free Sweet Dish Recipes You Can Enjoy

Diwali is just around the corner and we are all excited to dress in our ethnic best and gorge on delicious sweets. However, health concerns should always remain a priority. But this doesn’t mean that you should miss out on delicious sweets during the festive season. So, here are a few recipes byChef Yousaf Ali, Head of Product Innovation, Floryo that you can enjoy guilt-free.

Ragi & Oats Ladoo

Ingredients

• 100% Whole Ragi Flour - 1.5 Cups
• 100% Whole Oats Flour - 1 cup
• Dates - 20
• Milk - 1/4 Cup
• Honey - 1/2 Cup
• Ghee - 3 Tbsp
• Green Cardamom Powder - 1 Tbsp
• White Sesame Seeds - 1/4 Cup
• Coconut Powder - 1/4 Cup
• Cashew Nuts - 12

Preparation

• Dry roast the oats lightly and grind them in a mixer.
• Remove the seeds from the dates and blend 15 of them with the help of milk in a blender into a paste.
• Cut the remaining dates into small pieces.
• Dry roast white sesame seeds.
• Dry roast cashew nuts.

Instructions

• Take 1 tbsp (14gm) of ghee in a pan and roast the fresh whole oats flour on low flame for 3-4 minutes.
• Heat the remaining ghee and roast the fresh whole ragi flour, until its rawness is removed, on a low flame.
• Mix the oats flour in the ragi flour on a low flame.
• Now add the dates paste them into the flours & mix it well.
• Add half of the honey.
• Add cardamom powder. Keep it on low flame for 2-3min & stir.
• Take the mixture out of the stove and let it cool for 4-5min
• Now add the pieces of dates & honey and mix them well into the dough.
• Take some dough and put it in cashew and make it in the form of ladoo.
• Mix the sesame seeds into coconut powder & roll the laddoo in this mixture for coating.

Phirni

Ingredients

• 100% Premium Rice Flour - 2-3 Tsp
• Milk - 250ml
• Almonds (Chopped) - 2 Tbsp
• Pistachios Chopped - 2 Tbsp
• Green Cardamom (Crushed) - 2 q
• Sugar - 1 1/2 Tbsp

Instructions

• Soak the rice for about two hours & then wash the rice and drain the excess water.
• Grind the soaked rice. Make a grainy paste.
• Heat the milk in a saucepan on medium flame & bring it to a boil.
• Add rice and allow it to cook on low flame, till the milk is reduced to half and the rice is completely cooked.
• Meanwhile, Finely chop the almonds and pistachios.
• Add sugar and cook for another 5-7 minutes. Keep stirring for better consistency.
• Once the phirni acquires a pinkish hue, add the cardamom powder and remove it from the stove.
• Mix it well & garnish it with nuts.
• Allow it to cool before serving.

Mysore Pak

Ingredients

• 100% Whole Chana Besan - 70 gm
• Sugarfree - 200 gm
• Water - 95 gm
• Ghee - 90 gm
• Oil - 45 gm

Instructions

• Add 40gm of ghee to a pan and heat it over medium flame.
• Once the ghee is sufficiently hot, add besan (gram flour) in it and roast it for 4-5 minutes, Roast the besan (gram flour) till it turns golden brown.
• In another pan, boil the water & add sugar-free, Stir it till it reaches one string of consistency.
• When the syrup is prepared, add the fried besan in it and stir well till it thickens.
• Heat the remaining ghee and gently add the gram flour mixture. Keep stirring continuously so that no lumps are formed.
• Stir and pour into a greased plate. Gently spread the mixture and allow it to cool.
• Before it hardens fully, slice it into desired shapes. Store in an airtight container and serve with a sweet smile.

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