Special Healthy Recipes for Winter

Winter is a time to improve your health, and everyone craves something healthy during this time. So, here are some healthy recipes you can make:

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1. Dry Fruit Laddoo

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 2 people

Ingredients:

• 250 grams of dates
• Half a cup each of almonds, walnuts, cashews, and dried coconut powder
• 2 teaspoons of poppy seeds
• One teaspoon each of flax seeds, mustard seeds, pumpkin seeds, and black raisins
• 1/2 teaspoon of ginger powder, cinnamon, and cardamom powder

Method:

Chop the dates and grind them in a grinder. Prepare a smooth mixture. Toast all the nuts, seeds, and poppy seeds over low heat and coarsely grind them. Then, add all the ingredients to the date mixture and mix well. Make small laddus and eat them with milk every morning and evening.

2. Mewa Paag

Prep Time: 35 minutes

Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4 people

Ingredients:

• 1 cup coconut flakes,
• 1 cup almonds,
• 1 cup raisins,
• 1 cup walnuts,
• 1/2 cup sugar,
• 1 cup water,
• cardamom powder

Method:

After roasting all the dried fruits separately in a pan, coarsely grind the walnuts and almonds. Make a one-string syrup by mixing the sugar and water. Add all the fried nuts and cook until thickened. Spread the hot mixture on a plate and let it cool. Once lukewarm, use a knife to make marks for the barfi. Once cooled, remove all the pieces from the plate and place them in a container. Your delicious dry fruit pudding is ready.

3. Soybean and Nut Laddoo

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4 people

Ingredients:

• 250 grams soybeans
• 200 grams ghee
• 200 grams sugar
• 100 grams almonds
• 100 grams cashews
• 8 to 10 cardamom powder
• 50 grams gum
• 1 small bowl of flour

Method:

Dry the soybeans in the sun, peel them, and grind them. Heat ghee in a pan and fry the soybean powder thoroughly. Then fry the flour as well. Fry the dry fruits in ghee and chop them into pieces once they cool. Now mix the soybean powder and flour. Add sugar, add all the dry fruits, and mix well. If you feel there is not enough ghee, heat ghee and add more. Now mix everything well and make laddus of the desired size. These are a source of high protein and won't spoil quickly.

4. Dried Fruit Peda

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 2 people

Ingredients:

• Almonds: 1 cup
• Cashews, pistachios, and raisins: 1/2 cup
• Dates: 350 grams (paste)
• Figs: 6-8 pieces
• Ghee
• Cardamom Powder

Method: 

Heat a tablespoon of ghee in a pan. Roast the almonds, cashews, and pistachios. Transfer to a plate and let them cool. Cook the date-fig paste over low heat. When the mixture thickens, add the roasted dry fruits and mix well. Add cardamom powder. Once the mixture has cooled, form the laddus.

5. Chocolatey Dry Fruit Basket

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Servings: 2 people

Ingredients:

• 100 grams of dark compound chocolate
• 1 teaspoon of chocolate powder
• 5-6 Oreo biscuits
• 50 grams of pistachios, cashews, and almonds
• 2 teaspoons of sugar
• 1 teaspoon of milk
• Vanilla essence

Method:

Grind the Oreo biscuits in a mixer grinder. Melt the dark compound chocolate using a double blender. Add the melted chocolate, chocolate powder, and two to three drops of vanilla essence to the Oreo biscuit mixture and mix. Add milk if needed. Now, apply a little ghee to your hands and form small balls from the mixture into baskets. Deep-freeze for a while. Serve in these chocolatey baskets.

6. Nuts and Dates Modak

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Servings: 3 people

Ingredients:

• Chopped cashews 1/4 cup
• Chopped almonds 1/4 cup
• Pumpkin seeds 1/4 cup
• Walnuts 1/4 cup
• 2 tablespoons coconut powder,
• 1 cup dates,
• 2 tablespoons ghee

Method:

Roast all the nuts separately over medium heat, making sure they don't turn red. Remove the seeds from the dates and grind them. In a heavy-bottomed pan, fry the coconut powder in ghee. Add the ground dates and all the dried nuts and mix well. Turn off the heat. While the mixture is still slightly warm, make laddus or pour them into modak molds to make modaks.