What’s a festival without sweets? For all you diet-conscious, diabetes-fearing brothers and sisters, here are some recipes for sugar-free sweets that are also low in calories and come with a healthy twist!
Check out these 5 sugar-free low calorie sweets:
1. Coconut halwa
Ingredients:-
8 teaspoons of virgin coconut oil 100 ml coconut milk 100 gm of dry coconut powder A few saffron strands Any calorie-free sweetener or 6g stevia Powdered cardamon A few cashews, pistachios, and almonds
Method:-
Pour some coconut oil into a kadhai and add coconut powder to it
On low flame for 8 minutes, stirring the powder till it becomes slightly brown in color
Add coconut milk, stevia, cardamom powder, and saffron strands to it and keep stirring for 10 minutes
Wait till the mixture starts releasing oil and moisture is absorbed
Turn off the gas and finally garnish it with cashews, almonds, and pistachio Serve it hot
2. Jaggery almond ladoos
Ingredients:-
50 g of amaranth seeds (popped) 50 ml melted jaggery 30g almond
Method:-
Add all the ingredients to a bowl
Make small balls by mixing them well
Garnish it with some saffron and serve it
Nosh on these nutrient-rich jaggery balls for a health boost. Image courtesy: Shutterstock
3. Sugar-free oats kheer
Ingredients 1 cup of oats 1/2 litre milk 4-5 dates A few almonds 1 banana 2 cardamoms A Few raisins
Method
For 5 minutes, roast the oats
In a kadhai, add milk, dates, almonds, raisins, and cardamom and boil it for 5 minutes
Add oats later and boil it till it becomes thick
Lastly add banana pieces for garnishing and serve it cool
4. Low-fat, sugar-free gajar halwa
Ingredients: 2 cups grated carrot 1 cup low-fat milk 1 tbsp ghee 1/4th cup chopped dates ¼ tbsp cardamom powder
Method:
In a pressure cooker, heat ghee, add the carrots and saute for 5 minutes on a medium flame
Add dates and ¾ cup of low-fat milk and mix it well
Pressure cook for 2 whistles
Add the remaining 1/4th cup of milk and cardamom powder and mix it well
Cook for 4 minutes on medium flame and keep stirring it continuously
Serve the halwa hot
This low-calorie gajar ka halwa recipe strikes the perfect balance between taste and health! Image courtesy: Shutterstock
5. Quinoa kheer
Ingredients: 50gm quinoa 200 ml unsweetened almond milk 8gm stevia A few powdered cardamom seeds A few saffron strands A few almonds and pistachios
Method:
In water for 20 minutes rinse and soak quinoa
Cook the quinoa for 10 minutes on medium flame
Once it becomes soft, add almond milk, stevia, saffron, and cardamom
On low flame cook for 10 minutes and stir it
Lastly garnish it with almonds and pistachios and serve it hot