Healthy recipes for Diwali

Chef Sudhakar adds a touch of sweetness to Diwali celebrations.

Dry Fruit Barfi

Ingredient

• 50 gm almond
• 100 gm dates
• 50 gm raisin
• 50 gm cashew nuts

Method

• Take a pan and shallow fry the almonds, raisins and cashew nuts.
  Put all these ingredients in mixer jar along with dates.
  Grind the ingredients.
• In a food pan, set the mixture.
  Leave it for 10 minutes to set.
  Once it sets, cut into rectangular pieces and serve.

Ragi and Coconut Laddoo

Ingredients

• 100 gm ragi flour
• 50 gm grated coconut
• 3 tbsp honey
• 20 gm sesame seeds

Method

• In a pan, shallow fry the ragi flour till it becomes slightly brown.
  Transfer the flour to a plate and keep it aside to cool down.
• Take ragi flour, add honey and finely grated coconut mixture to it.
  Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and make a dough.
• Prepare small round dumplings out of the dough.
  Coat the dumplings with roasted sesame seeds.

Chef Sudhakar is attached to the Bheemili Resort managed by Accor Hotel.

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