Dates Roll - Dates And Apricot Dry Fruit Roll
Sugar Free Snack!
Ingredients
- 1 cup Dates chopped
- 1/2 cup Apricots chopped
- 1/2 cup Mixed nuts(Almonds, Cashew nuts, and Pistachios) lightly roasted, crushed
- 1 tbsp Poppy seeds
- 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
- 2 tsp Ghee
Instructions
- Chop the dates and apricots in small pieces. Keep aside in the separate bowls.
- Add almonds, cashew nuts, and pistachios in a food processor or chopper, and crush them into small pieces.
- Heat a pan on a low flame, roast poppy seeds for 15-20 seconds, and set aside in a plate.
- In a pan on low heat, add chopped dates and cook them until they turn soft - about 45 seconds to 1 minute. Set aside.
- In the same pan, add chopped apricots and cook for 45 seconds on low heat.
- Add crushed nuts and cardamom and roast everything for 45 seconds. You can add 2 tsp of sugar if you like - I skipped adding it for the sugar free version.
- In the apricot and nuts mixture, add 2 tsp of ghee and mix well.
- Take a medium sized bowl, add the apricot and nuts mixture, then add softened dates.
- Mix everything well and form 2 logs out of the mixture.
- Evenly coat each log with poppy seeds, roll it in a cling wrap, and keep it in the refrigerator until it firm - about 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Remove the cling wraps from the logs and wait for 5 minutes. Cut into ½ inch pieces.
Notes
- You can add 2 tsp of sugar if you want it more sweet.
- Skip adding ghee if you are following a vegan diet. Ghee makes the rolls soft and shiny.
- Simply add lightly roasted desiccated coconut instead of poppy seeds.