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Sakthi Sweets

        The objective is to make sweets with whole grains and unrefined sugar and ghee or butter instead of refined grains and sugar and hydrogenated oils. The advantage of using whole grains for sweets is that the fiber content in them traps sugar which will not be released for absorption. The obvious reason is that the whole grains has a store of nutrients of its own and so will not pull out body's reserve nutrients for its digestion. This is a healthy approach to save for body nutrients and prevent exhaustion of them avoiding refined food products.

                              Avocado-desert-cream

In a blender, blend one well ripen pear and few dates to a solid paste. Then to that add one well ripen avocado and blend it as thick as possible. This delicious desert is a very healthy and tasty tasty. You can chill it and stuff in cones and give to children instead of health spoiling ice creams.

Vegan sweets with no diary fat:

Flax seeds  Laddu

Dry Fry one cup of brown flax seeds in a pan without any oil or butter for 10 minutes until it is roasted. Then powder it . Powder quarter cup of Jaggery  and mix (knead) with the flax seed roasted powder and roll into balls. It is easy and very very healthy.

Preparation Time : Less than 15 minutes.

Sesame seeds  Laddu

Dry Fry one cup of black or white (black better) sesame seeds in a pan without any oil or butter for 10 minutes until it is roasted. Then powder it in a blender or mixi . Powder quarter cup ofJaggery  and mix (knead) with the sesame seed roasted powder and roll into balls. It is easy and very very healthy. It is extremely good for women to regulate irregular mentruation and suffering from infertility problems.

Preparation Time : Less than 15 minutes.

Peanut  Laddu

Dry Fry one cup of peanut in a pan without any oil or butter for 10 minutes until it is roasted. Then powder it .Powder quarter cup of Jaggery  and mix (knead) with the peanut roasted powder and roll into balls. It is easy and very very healthy.

Preparation Time : Less than 15 minutes.

Quinoa sweet

        Soak quinoa and pressure cook it. Using milk cooker easy way to cook payasam (porridge) is to heat 2 cups of  milk (you could add one cup of milk and one cup water if you don’t like too much of milk).  when the milk cooker starts to give whistle  add ½  teaspoon of   cardamom powder or one broken pod and five broken cashews and 10 raisins.  Add ½  cup or little less of  cooked quinoa and mix well without forming lumps. Add ½ cup of brown sugar and close the lid and allow to boil.  (You could add butter one teaspoon and mix finally for  good flavor).

Preparation Time : Less than 12 minutes.

                              Whole red rice payasam (porridge)

In a pan boil two  cups of milk (you could add one cup of milk and one cup water if you don’t like too much of milk). Add ½  cup of  cracked red rice or brown rice (in a mixi or blender)  to the milk and cook the rice in it. When it boils add  ½  a teaspoon of turmeric powder (we use this as a coloring agent rather than using chemical colors) , ½  teaspoon of   cardamom powder or one broken pod and five broken cashews and 10 raisins.  When the contents are cooked well add ½ cup of brown sugar and mix well (adding sugar in the end reduces sugar use, you could use less than half cup also). Keep stirring for a minute and then serve. (You could add butter one teaspoon and mix finally for  good flavor).

 Preparation Time : 30 minutes.

Amaranth Halwa

Soak overnight amaranth seeds and then pressure cook it. Heat butter in a pan and then add broken 10 cashews and 10 raisins.  Add ½  cup or little less of  cooked quinoa and mix well without forming lumps. Add ½ cup of brown sugar and close the lid and allow to thicken.  Serve.

Preparation Time : Less than 12 minutes.

Whole Almond Halwa

Soak overnight one cup of  whole almonds (not blanched) and do not peel the skin. The skin has nutritional benefits and also taste good as halwa. Then grind the almond with water or whole milk (milk taste better).  Heat butter in a pan and add the ground almonds paste to it and stir it continuously till it is almost cooked. All half a cup of brown sugar (add more or less according to the sweetness you need). Keep stirring until it is cooked and thicken.

Then take out of stove and add one teaspoonful of cardamom powder. Mix well and then can be poured on a plate and cut later into desired shape or rounded into balls.

 Cashew Halwa

Soak overnight one cup of  cashews. Then grind the almond with water or whole milk (milk taste better).  Heat butter in a pan and add the ground cashew paste to it and stir it continuously till it is almost cooked. All half a cup of brown sugar (add more or less according to the sweetness you need). Keep stirring until it is cooked and thicken.

Then take out of stove and add one teaspoonful of cardamom powder. Mix well and then can be poured on a plate and cut later into desired shape or rounded into balls.

Aloe Vera sweet for piles: 20 gm of pepper, cumin seeds, and chukku (dry ginger) each are powdered together in 1 litre of aloe vera juice. ½ kg of palm sugar and 1 litre cow’s milk is added and boiled. Allow the mixture to reduce to a thick consistency (reduce to 50% of original). This is then cooled and stored in a bottle. Half a teaspoon of this preparation is then taken internally both morning and evening.

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Sakthi Dinner-2

Cracked Grains

       To make cracked grains at home, put grains in a blender (mixer),  pulse blend and stop when required size is reached. Do not fully powder the grain. Soaking the cracked grain is better than just using it as it is. All grains can be cracked to smaller size and used.

        Cracked wheat, rice, and corn are available in the market too. The only advantage of making it at home (it takes only a few minutes) is that you can be sure of using whole grains.

        Here is a sample menu

Cracked Wheat Upma (for a heavier dinner)

Put all the ingredients in the recipes below directly in the pressure cooker and stir once. Allow three whistles. After 5 to 10 minutes open and add chopped coriander leaves and serve. 

• Cracked wheat      1/4 cup                                    
• Garden peas         1/4 cup
• Ginger chopped     ¼ teaspoon                                
• Cashew nuts         5
• Green chili            ½ or 1 (optional)                                  
• Curry leaves         10
• Onions                 1 small                                  
• Water                  2  cups
• Coconut oil           1 tablespoon                                
• Lemon                  1 or 2 tablespoon
• Flavor mix             1 teaspoon

Quinoa  Upma

• Quinoa                1½ cup                                    
• Garden peas        1 cup
• Ginger chopped    ¼ teaspoon                                
• Cashew nuts       10
• Green chili           ½ or 1 (optional)                                       
• Curry leaves        10
• Onions                1 medium                                   
• Water                 2 ½ cups
• Vegetable oil        1 tablespoon                                
• Lemon                 1 or 2 tablespoon
• Flavor mix            1 teaspoon

Puffed Rice

Ingredients:

Preparation:

Blend the dates, green chili and salt with water to form a thick syrup. Then mix all the ingredients and serve. No cooking required

Serve as a snack or as a light dinner.

Preparation time: 10 minutes.