White Chocolate Raspberry Lassi

  What we need :

2 Cups Yogurt
1 Cup Milk
2 Tbsp condensed milk ( optional )
1 cup Raspberries
1/2 cup while chocolate , chips or grated
3 Tbsp Sugar ( Not needed if you add condensed milk )
ice cubes

To Proceed :

Put all the ingredients in blender and blend till smooth .
Serve immediately .

Enjoy !!!

Dry fruit truffles

                      The kiddos will eat anything with chocolate . So will their friends . That made me decide this year I was going to gift chocolates to my kiddo's friends . Jr always says ," everything comes with a catch ". The catch here is these are healthy chocolates . Luckily none of the kiddo's  friends are allergic to anything . I had to make these when kiddos were at school as it gives me the best opportunity to sneak in many things . The truffles have dates ,almonds ,pistachios , raisins , walnuts ,peanuts ,cranbeeries and spices like cardamom ,nutmeg and saffron . The options are endless . Only thing to remember is dates and raisins help to bind all the dry fruit and add natural sweetness .

Ingredients :

1cup dates
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup cranberries
1/2 cup walnuts
1/2 cup almonds
1/4 cup peanuts
1/4 cup pistachios
1/4 tsp cardamom powder
1/8 tsp nutmeg powder
a few strands of saffron
3 cups wilton candy melt wafers


To proceed :

1) Line a cookie sheet with wax paper .
2) Grind all the dry fruits in fruit processor till the mixture comes together .
3) Add the cardamom and nutmeg powder and saffropn and pulse for couple of times.
4) Shape the dry fruit mixture in desired sized balls .
5) Melt the candy melts according to the package direction .
6) Dip the dry fruit balls in melted chocolate and keep them on the wax paper to harden .
7) The chocolate hardens in less than 10 minutes .
8) Wrap them individually in candy wrapper or keep in an airtight container .

         

                   Jr's friends liked it so much they have requested the same gift on the friendship day ..Yay...

Baked sabudana vada with peanuts chutney

 

 

 

 

                           Sabudana vada is an all time favorite in my home . But now a days Mr.AJ has been talking a lot about eating healthy .But that definitely does not mean we will give up eating our favorite food . There has to be an alternative for this . While watching TV with Princess Pea , I had seen a commercial of baked potato chips . And then the bells started ringing . If chips can be made without frying why not our very own sabudana vada ? The baking does not affect the taste of the vadas . The peanuts chutney completes the dish .

 

 

We need :

 

Vadas :

 

1 cup Sabudana

2 medium potatoes

1/4 cup peanut powder

2 green chillies

1/2 " ginger

1 tsp cumin

juice of 1/2 lemon

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

salt to taste

Chutney :

1/4cup peanuts
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 cup yogurt
1 green chilli
salt and sugar to taste
water

 To Proceed :

 

Vada :

 

1) Wash and soak the sabudana for atleast 4 hours .

2) Boil and mash the potatoes .

3) Dry roast the peanuts and grind to a coarse powder .

4) Make ginger ,chilli and cumin paste .

5) Preheat the oven to 350 F .

6) Line a baking sheet with foil .

7) Mix soaked sabudana with the peanut powder,ginger chilli paste ,cilantro ,lemon juice and salt .

8) Shape into balls and flatten them a little between the palms .

9) Spray both sides of the vadas with cooking oil spray .

10) Bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes .

 

Chutney :

 

1) Dry roast peanuts and grind with cumin ,salt ,sugar and chilli .

2)Whisk the yogurt and mix with the peanut mixture .

3) Adjust the consistency by adding little water .

 

 

          Serve warm vadas with the peanut chutney ....Here is to guilt free eating...yippe...