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November 11, 2020 By Meenakshi Sharma 1 Comment

Healthy Eating: Eggless Whole Wheat Gulab Jamun Cake

Can we imagine a Diwali without Gulab Jamun? It’s one of the most delicious Indian desserts! It’s prepared with a blend of all-purpose flour, sugar solution and more. One Gulab Jamun contains 125 calories and while thinking about health and weight, we definitely can’t afford to indulge in this treat. But don’t worry! We’ve found a way to make it healthy with this eggless whole wheat Gulab Jamun Cake recipe! It has the essential flavour without the guilt of eating a deep fried, calorie-laden sweet.

What You Will Need

Whole wheat flour – 1 cup
MTR gulab jamun mix (or replace with whole wheat flour) – 1 cup
Curd – 1 cup
Odourless oil/pure ghee – ½ cup
Jaggery powder/syrup (melt jaggery in ⅛ cup water) – 1 cup
Cardamom powder – 1 tsp
Saffron – 1 pinch (soaked in 2 tsp milk)
Grated nuts (almonds/cashews) – optional
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Baking soda – 5 gm
Warm water – 1 cup

Please Note: 1 cup = 200 gm, 1 tbsp = 15 gm, 1 tsp = 5 gm

How To Prepare

Preheat the oven at 180*c for 10 mins
Sieve the flour ,baking soda and baking powder all together in one bowl
In another bowl add ghee/oil, curd and mix them well. Now, add the jaggery powder/syrup and beat the mixture till jaggery dissolves
Add cardamom powder, all dry ingredients and mix gently with a cut and fold method
Add saffron milk and ¼ cup warm water and fold it again. If you feel the batter is thick, then slowly add warm water/milk till the batter is in flowing consistency (do not overbeat the batter)
Grease a cake tin and line the butter paper in it. Pour the batter in the pan and tap it 4-5 times. Garnish with your favourite nuts. Keep it in the oven for 30 mins at 180*c
After 30 mins, check the cake with a toothpick. If it comes out clean then remove the cake tin from the oven and keep it on a cool down wire rack. Demould the tin when it completely cools down. If the cake sticks on the toothpick, bake it for another 10 mins. at 160*c (temperature may vary in different ovens/OTGs)
Cut into small pieces as per your choice and store it in a steel or glass container in the refrigerator for a week.

How Is The Gulab Jamun Cake Healthier Than Gulab Jamun?

We are adding whole wheat flour in a cake which has more fibre, packed with B vitamins and gulab jamun is made up of maida (refined flour). Eating maida also raises your bad cholesterol (LDL), makes you fat, clogs arteries, raises blood pressure, disrupts blood sugar, keeps you hungry, makes you crave for sweets, causes mood swings and ruins your health, looks and relationships. People eat it because they are probably unaware of its consequences.
We are also using jaggery as a sweetener in the cake which is a good source of iron, helps in maintaining the electrolyte balance ,digestion and helps prevent water retention thanks to its potassium content .Gulab jamun is loaded with white sugar syrup in more quantity and contains only empty calories without any nutrients. Excess sugar creates higher blood pressure, inflammation, weight gain, diabetes, and fatty liver disease.
1 piece Gulab jamun contains 125 calories and 1 piece cake has 90 calories.

Do try this Gulab Jamun Cake recipe and light up your Diwali celebrations! We’re sure your family and friends will love it! Do share your experience with us and if you want us to do any healthy versions of sweets and savoury items, let us know in the comments below!

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October 24, 2019 By Urvi Gohil Leave a Comment

Healthy Diwali Recipe: Dates Roll with Seeds

Diwali celebrations are incomplete without indulging in Indian sweets, right? Sweets add a lot of happiness and enthusiasm to festivals. Just like colorful Rangolis at the entrance of a house, a sweet table is always open at home during Diwali. So, this Diwali, I am sharing 2 amazing sweet recipes to satisfy your sweet tooth which are extremely nourishing at the same time. Let’s begin with this super nourishing Dates Roll recipe with the goodness of seeds!

What you will need:

Seedless Dates – 500gm
Walnuts (Coarsely Chopped) – 15
Almonds (Coarsely Chopped) – 15
Cashews (Coarsely Chopped) – 10
Pistachios (Coarsely Chopped) – 15
Flax Seeds (Roasted) – 1 tbsp.
Sunflower Seeds (Roasted) – 1 tbsp.
Poppy Seeds/Khas Khas (Roasted) – 2 tbsp.
Cardamom Powder – ½ tbsp.
Ghee – 2 tbsp.

How to Prepare:

Make a coarse paste of seedless dates in a mixer.
In a pan, heat 1 tbsp. of ghee and add all the coarsely chopped nuts and roast them on medium flame for 3-5 minutes and keep it aside.
In the same pan, heat 1 tbsp. of ghee and add the dates paste in it and cook for 3-5 minutes until it is soft
Then, add the mix roasted nuts, 1 tbsp. of roasted poppy seeds and roasted flax seeds along with sunflower seeds and mix well in the pan itself.
Now, rest the dates and nuts mixture on a flat surface out of the flame.
To make a roll out of it, spread roasted poppy seeds and some chopped pistachio on a flat surface.
Using your hands, make a medium thick cylinder of the dates and nuts mixture and roll it over the poppy seeds and pistachios so that it sticks to the roll very well.
Now take a piece of silver foil or butter paper and cover the roll with it very tightly. Tuck and fold the ends of both sides very nicely and allow this to set for 2 hours in the fridge.
After 2 hours, using a sharp knife, cut medium thick slices and then remove the silver foil from each slice.
Your healthy homemade Dates Roll with Seeds is ready.