Dry fruits Sweet with Millets

01 Jan Dry fruits Sweet with Millets

This Dry fruits Sweet with Millet is a healthy sweet to satiate your sweet tooth and to start the New year.

Wishing all my dear subscribers, friends & well wishers a Very Happy New Year, A year full of health & fitness with this Dry Fruit Sweet

New year is like a blank book

Hope to fill it with recipes that I cook

Recipes to make you walk the road that is healthy,

And take you to an abode that is wealthy.

Fitness and well-being are my hopes and dreams

To be fulfilled by New year’s light beams

Let’s begin this New year with a sweet course

Adding sweet memories to your life’s course

Print Recipe

Millet & Dry fruits Sweet Course

You can use any measuring cups for this recipe

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

soaking time30 minutes mins

Total Time25 minutes mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: South India

Keyword: Millet, mixed nuts, mixed raisins, channa dal

Servings: 6 cups

Author: Rama G

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup millet (barnyard / kodo / foxtail)
• 1/4 cup channa dal
• 1/2 cup jaggery powder
• 1/2 cup coconut milk
• 1/4 cup Mixed nuts chopped (cashew, badam, walnuts)
• 2 tbsp mixed raisins (black & golden)
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg powder
• 2 cloves
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 cardamoms
• 1 tsp coconut oil
• 2 cups water

Instructions

• Soak millets and channa dal for 30 minutes. Drain and keep aside.
• Dry roast the nuts and keep aside. Mix raisins. 
• In a skillet, add coconut oil and add cloves, cinnamon and cardamom.
• Add the drained millet and dal and sauté for few minutes.
• Add water and cook covered.
• Once the millet is cooked, add the jaggery powder.
• Let the jaggery melt and mix with cooked millet. Keep stirring. 
• Add the roasted nuts (keep some for garnish) and mix well.
• Add coconut milk and cook on a slow flame. 
• Switch off flame and add nutmeg powder and cardamom powder.
• Garnish with nuts and raisins. 

Notes

1. I have dry roasted the nuts. However, if you prefer you can roast them in ghee
2. Adjust the sweetness as per your family requirement
3. You can substitute millets with rice for this recipe
4. Add more coconut milk for a thinner consistency

You can also check my other Gluten free Desserts here