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3 Healthy Snacks: Protein Bars, Dry Fruit Balls and Gurr Chikki recipe
Three no-bake snacks made with oats, dates, nuts and jaggery, eaten with tea or packed for a quick bite between meals.
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ServesMakes about 10 bars, 12 balls and 15 chikki piecesPrep25 minCook15 min
Ingredients
- Protein bars
- 150 g rolled oats, about 1 1/2 cups
- 4 tbsp peanut butter
- 3 tbsp honey
- 50 g chopped almonds and pumpkin seeds
- Dry fruit balls
- 200 g pitted dates, soft
- 50 g walnuts and almonds, chopped
- 2 tbsp desiccated coconut
- 1 tsp desi ghee
- Gurr chikki
- 150 g gurr (jaggery), grated
- 150 g roasted peanuts, skins removed
- 1 tsp desi ghee
Method
Protein bars
- Dry roast the oats in a pan on medium heat for 4 minutes until fragrant. Warm the peanut butter and honey together, mix with the oats and nuts, and press firmly into a lined tray.
- Chill for 1 hour, then cut into bars.
Dry fruit balls
- Fry the nuts in the ghee for 2 minutes. Blend or mash the dates into a sticky paste and mix in the nuts.
- Roll into walnut-sized balls and coat in desiccated coconut.
Gurr chikki
- Melt the gurr with the ghee and 1 tbsp water on low heat until it bubbles and a drop sets hard in cold water. Stir in the peanuts quickly.
- Pour onto a greased plate, roll thin with a greased pin and cut into pieces while still warm.
Good to know: Keep the jaggery on low heat and watch it closely, as it turns bitter quickly once it darkens.