Anjeer Khajoor Rolls are gluten free, vegan healthy nutty sweet with natural sweetness from dry figs and dates with added nuts and roasted poppy seeds. Share this sweet with family, friends and eat guilt free.
You can also serve this to diabetic person without any fear of glucose spike when had mindfully.
As Diwali welcomes winter ,this dry fruit roll makes it a perfect healthy sweet to share with family and friends for this season .
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About this recipe
Anjeer Khajoor Roll is easy to make recipe ,with no added sugar and vegan too. Soak dry figs and dates in warm water ,drain water ,blend to fine paste . Mix it well with nuts and cook . Finish with poppy seeds on top . A delicious and healthy rolls will be ready to serve.
Festivals are for feasting and celebrations are pleasurable experience with whole family and friends. When its Diwali , there comes lots and lots of sweets. Making healthy sweets to celebrate festivals is always in our hand. Forget about the amount of calories this dessert count ,think about the nutrition and the goodness it provides.
The concept of Diwali Sweets - Sweets and Namkeens is so very logical . Diwali always falls during the onset of winters and so comes lots of desi ghee in sweets and Namkeens in India.
During winter season ,skin starts cracking and gets dry , nourishing our body well within from inside helps to avoid such effects. So lots of ghee (clarified butter ) gets in while making Indian Diwali Sweets . Dry fruits , millets are also used in preparations of Namkeens and sweets ; this helps to generate heat within the body to combat the effect of winter cold. So welcoming a festival and season ,goes hand in hand with our food and culture.
Few healthy desserts recipes with no sugar or minimal sugar on my blog are : Ragi Coconut Pudding , Wheat Coconut Milk Pudding| Godhi Halbai , Dates Halwa, Dates Kheer ,
Other fail proof recipes on blog , which you may like are : Mysore Pak , Kalakand , Pista Almond Rolls , Rasgulla , Moongdal Burfi , Coconut Barfi , and Kaju Katli . If you are looking for Diwali recipes , do check diwali recipe collections here.
Ingredients
To make this sweet you just need minimum ingredients dates, figs , nuts and poppy seeds.
Figs and Dates - These two are the main ingredients of this recipe. You can use any type of dates , deseed and use.
Nuts - I have used pistachios, cashews and almonds , you can choose to add any nuts of your choice.
Ghee / clarified butter - a small amount of ghee or oil is needed to sauté , in this recipe. Vegan's can choose coconut oil in this recipe, as it tastes the best.
Poppy seeds - this add look, texture and nutty aromatic flavor to the sweet dish.
Optional Add on's
Salt and lime juice - adding salt and lime juice helps to balance out the sweetness. At times , depending on the quality of figs and dates ; together they may turn out too sweet. So to cut down over sweetness adding lime juice and salt helps.
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How to make Anjeer Khajoor Rolls
Deseed dates , soak fig and dates in warm water for 30-60 minutes.
After 30 minutes, drain water ( don't waste it , you can drink it as it tastes really sweet) and add soaked dates and fig to a blender
and blend to a very fine smooth paste without adding water.
Soak Pista and almond on warm water for 15-20 minutes, drain water.
Peel the skin of pista and almonds, add cashews and finely chop everything and set aside.
In a nonstick pan, add ½ tablespoon of poppy seeds and dry roast until you get nice aroma and keep it aside.
Heat 1 tablespoon of Ghee/ Clarified Butter in a nonstick pan and add chopped nuts, fry well for 1-2 minutes on medium heat but it shouldn't change colour.
Now add fig-dates paste , mix well and cook .
Add salt and lime juice , stir well and cook for about 15-20 minutes on medium heat. Adding lime juice and salt is optional but it helps to balance the over sweetness from figs and dates.
Cook fig dates mixture till it thickens and becomes really heavy to stir .Turn of the heat and set aside, let it cool down a bit.
When it becomes warm and you are able to handle the temperature ,knead fig dough on a parchment paper and roll into a cylindrical shape.
Roll fig dates log on roasted poppy seeds.
Wrap it a parchment paper and set in refrigerate for 4-5 hrs to set. Then remove from refrigerator , cut into circles and serve.
Share Healthy Diwali Sweets with family and friends.
Recipe
Anjeer Khajoor Rolls
Ingredients
- 75 grams Dried Figs / Anjeer or 8-10 Figs
- 100 grams Dates deseeded or 12-15 dates
- 5- No Almonds
- 10 No Pistachios
- 5 No Cashews
- 4-5 drops Lime Juice
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- ½ tablespoon Poppy seeds
- 1 tablespoon Ghee / Clarified Butter
Instructions
- Deseed dates , soak fig and dates in warm water for 30-60 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, drain water ( don't waste it , you can drink it as it tastes really sweet) and add soaked dates and fig to a blender and blend to a very fine smooth paste without adding water.
- Soak Pista and almond on warm water for 15-20 minutes,drain water.
- Peel the skin of pista and almonds, add cashews and finely chop everything and set aside.
- In a nonstick pan, add ½ tablespoon of poppy seeds and dry roast until you get nice aroma and keep it aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of Ghee/ Clarified Butter in a nonstick pan and add chopped nuts, fry well for 1-2 minutes on medium heat but it shouldn't change colour.
- Now add fig-dates paste , mix well and cook .
- Add salt and lime juice , stir well and cook for about 15-20 minutes on medium heat. Adding lime juice and salt is optional but it helps to balance the over sweetness from figs and dates.
- Cook fig dates mixture till it thickens and becomes really heavy to stir .
- Turn of the heat and set aside, let it cool down a bit.
- When it becomes warm and you are able to handle the temperature ,knead fig dough on a parchment paper and roll into a cylindrical shape.
- Roll fig dates log on roasted poppy seeds.
- Wrap it a parchment paper and set in refrigerate for 4-5 hrs to set.
- Then remove from refrigerator , cut into circles and serve.
- Share Healthy Diwali Sweets with family and friends.
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Notes
- Lime juice is added to balance the sweetness from dates and fig , its optional ,you can skip if you need.
- Nuts can be chopped directly and added without soaking and de-skin the same.If you are adding nuts directly without soaking in water then you can dry roast nuts and add directly at last ,once after date figs are cooked completely.
- Adding poppy seeds is again optional ,I prefer adding it cause of its crunchy texture and appealing look for rolls. Also it keeps body warm during cold season.
Varsha Baikar says
This looks delicious and easy to prepare. Thanks for sharing.
Muktha says
Thanks Varsha . S, its very easy and healthy too . Apt for winter 🙂
Anonymous says
I tried this recipe for the first time.. and it came out fantastic!! My family loved it. Healthy and tasty!!
Sneha says
I tried this recipe for the first time.. and it came out fantastic!! My family loved it. Healthy and tasty!!
Muktha says
Thanks Sneha , I'm glad your family loved it. Happy Diwali