Creamy Nut Bites:

Healthy nut bites for sweet lovers and children. I like to share some innovative and healthy bites which provide toothsome taste and plays a good impact on our body.This is a combination of milk, nuts, and coconut, satisfies greatly with a  crunchy, creamy and chewy feel.

 

Brief look at Nuts:

Each nut variety contains its own unique combination of nutrients and is generally rich in a few nutrients such as:

Almonds: protein, calcium, and vitamin E.

Peanut: Although peanuts are high in fat, like avocados, they are high in the “good” kind of fat – monounsaturated fat. They also contain magnesium, folate, vitamin E, copper, arginine, and fiber – all of which are known to lessen the risk of cardiovascular disease. The nuts are really rich with significant, beneficial nutrients that are essential for optimum health.

Cashew nut: Cashew nuts are abundant sources of essential minerals. Minerals, especially manganese, potassium, copper, iron, magnesium, zinc, and selenium are concentrated in these nuts. A handful of cashew nuts a day in the diet would provide enough of these minerals and may help prevent deficiency diseases.Cashews are high in calories. 100 g of nuts provide 553 calories. They are packed with soluble dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals and numerous health-promoting phyto-chemicals that help protect from diseases and cancers.

Walnut: Walnuts are a rich source of energy and contain health benefiting nutrients, minerals, antioxidants and vitamins that are essential for optimum health.They are rich in mono unsaturated fatty acids  and an excellent source of all-important omega-3 essential fatty acids.

Hazelnut:Hazelnuts are very high in energy and loaded with numerous health-benefiting nutrients that are essential for optimum health. The nuts are rich in dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals and packed with numerous health promoting phytochemicals. Altogether, they help protect from diseases and cancers.Hazelnuts are an excellent source of Vitamin:E

Ingredients:

Milkmaid – 1 cup OR (milk -1/2 cup , milk powder-1/2 cup, sugar 1/2 cup)

Mixed nuts of your interest-1 cup

Dry grapes few

Sooji-3/4 cup (fine rava)

Coconut-1/2 cup

Elaichi powder-1 tsp

Ghee-1 tbsp

 

Method to prepare:

Take a wide pan thick bottom, add 1 tsp of ghee and  brown roast all nuts. Roast coconut till it looses its moisture.

Add one more teaspoon of ghee and fry rava to a golden brown. or until you get a fine roasted aroma.

Grind roasted in a hand mixer to bits and pieces.

Heat pan again and add milkmaid, roasted rava , nuts and 1 tbsp of coconut, stir it well in medium flame till it becomes thick to make balls.

When comes to normal temperature make it into small lemon sized balls and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Treat with this sweet and nut bites, your family will really enjoy this, try and leave your comments.