Date-Coconut Balls ( Khajoor Laddoos); Meatless Monday

Diwali is a festival where lot of sweetness in addition to savory dishes are made inward people's homes in addition to and then shared alongside job solid unit of measurement in addition to friends. As a rule, I don't brand sweetness dishes likewise often. On the occasion of Diwali, I wanted to brand something for my kids, but something relatively healthy. I decided to brand these quick date-coconut balls . Like the cite suggests, these are literally  dates that conduct maintain been shaped into piddling balls in addition to rolled inward dried kokosnoot flakes. It has solely ii all natural ingredients, hardly takes whatever fourth dimension to brand in addition to is a cracking origin of iron. There is no cooking/baking involved. It is a cracking loose energy booster for 3 pm slump.The solely downside is that I would non recommend it for diabetics equally dates are a concentrated origin of natural sugars which tin spike their blood-sugar levels.But for my kids, this is perfect! I would rather them swallow nutrient-dense treats in addition to desserts than only sugar-rich ones!

Servings: iv ( makes roughly 8 dime-sized balls)( serving size: ii per person)

Ingredients:

Pitted Dates: 12 numbers
Dried kokosnoot flakes: 1/4 loving cup ( may non require all)
A dab of olive oil: to grease the palms.

Method:

Chop the pitted dates in addition to pose them inward a modest microwave rubber bowl.

Cook it inward the microwave for xxx seconds thus that the dates tin soften. Do non practice it for longer equally it gets burnt real easily!! 

Let it cool downwards slightly, then blend it inward a nutrient processor until it is a homogeneous mass.

Take it out.Grease your palms using a dab of kokosnoot oil. Pinch a piddling dough in addition to brand a nickel-sized ball. 

Do this to all the available dough.

Take the kokosnoot flakes inward a shallow bowl/plate. 

Roll each of the appointment laddoo inward it.  

Your khajoor laddoos ( Date-coconut balls) are ready!

Store it inward an airtight container at room temperature.Can live on stored for months inward this fashion.

I am linking this to http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/health-benefits-date-palms-8320.html
http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/dates.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12850886
http://foodfacts.mercola.com/dates.html

Food for thought:

We are no longer happy thus before long equally nosotros wishing to live on happier. Walter Savage  Landor.

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