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Oats and Date Lollipop

Sure to be a favourite with children, it is healthy too.this recipe shows how you can incorporate oats and dry fruits which kids never like to eat and make something that they actually end up craving for. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Oats and Date Lollipop
Main Ingredients Oats, Seedless dates
Cuisine British
Course Desserts
Prep Time 6-10 minutes
Cook time 3-3.30 hour
Serve 4
Taste Sweet
Level of Cooking Easy
Others Veg
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Ingredients list for Oats and Date Lollipop

  • 3/4 cup Oats quick rolled
  • 20 Seedless dates
  • 1/4 cup Almonds and cashewnuts chopped
  • 2 tablespoons White sesame seeds
  • 4 teaspoons Ghee
  • 1/4 teaspoon Green cardamom powder

Method

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  1. Soak dates in very hot water for two to three hours. Grind the dates into a smooth paste using a little of the water in which they were soaked.
  2. Dry roast almonds, cashewnuts and white sesame seeds. Dry roast oats separately till fragrant.
  3. Cool and grind oats and nuts into a coarse powder.
  4. Heat two teaspoons ghee in a non-stick kadai and add the date paste. Mix well and cook on low heat for three to five minutes.
  5. Add ground oats-nuts mixture and mix well. Add two more teaspoons ghee and mix well.
  6. Cook till the ghee starts leaving out the sides (four to five minutes). Add cardamom powder and mix well.
  7. Remove the mixture from heat and let it to cool slightly.
  8. Apply some ghee on hands and shape the mixture into small laddoos, insert a lollypop stick if needed. Let cool thoroughly. Serve or store the laddoos in an airtight container.

Nutrition Info

Calories 929
Carbohydrates 83.9
Protein 25.1
Fat 54.8
Other Fiber Niacin- 3.4mg
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