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Recipe Books - Apple and Date Kheer Recipes For Alternative Health

Desserts are always,associated with high calories and that is the basic reason why many people who want to lose weight shun them. This particular recipe is specially prepared for people wishing to enjoy dessert without worrying about the calories.

Ingredients

50 gm dried dates

1 large cooking apple

5-7 tablets or equivalent amount of sugar substitute

500 mllow-fat or double-toned milk

125 ml water

Preparation

Stone and mash the dried dates.

Roughly chop the apple without peeling and discarding the core.

Put milk and water in deep pan and boil for 10-15 minutes on a low flame.

Put the dates and boil it for another 5 minutes on a low flame.

Add the apples and sugar substitute and boil it further for 5 minutes on low flame.

Serve chilled.


Shrikhand

This is a simple Indian dessert from Gujarat (a different version of this dish is prepared in Bengal called mishti doi, in which water is not strained out completely), made with strained yoghurt and flavoured with cardamom, and saffron and garnished with nuts. Only use freshly ground cardamom seeds for that exotic taste.

Ingredients:

300 grams skimmed milk yoghurt

5 tablets of sugar substitute

1/3 tsp cardamom powder

Few strands of saffron

1/2 tbsp nuts (almonds and pistachios are best)

Preparation

Tie yoghurt in a clean muslin cloth overnight (for a minimum of 6 to 7 hours).

Put the yoghurt into a bowl; add sugar substitute and cardamom and mix it well till the mixture becomes smooth.

Rub saffron into 1 tbsp hot milk, in a small bowl, until the colour spreads and is dissolved.

Cool the saffron mixture and add to the yoghurt.

Empty into a serving bowl, and garnish with nut crush.

Serve chilled.


Custard (Basic)

An English dessert, popular in Indian cities since the Raj days. This dish is particularly loved by children and people with a sweet tooth. Although the dish is also prepared with pieces of fruits or mixed with jelly, the basic custard dish is advisable to keep calories low.

Ingredients

1 cup skimmed milk

2 tsp sugar

1 tsp custard powder

Preparation

Warm milk, add sugar.

Bring milk to boil stirring to dissolve sugar.

Make a paste of custard powder with cold milk or water.

Remove milk from fire and gradually add the custard powder paste with constant stirring.

Replace milk on fire and let it simmer for a few minutes till you obtain a coating consistency.

Serve hot or cold.

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