Eat Healthy with Millets, Palm Jaggery and Cold Pressed Oils
You don’t have to feel guilty indulging in these delicious deserts. By replacing traditional ingridients with healthier alternatives, you can satify your sweet tooth the right way!
Paal kozhukattai is a traditional sweet dish prepared on special occasions in Chettinad. This is made by simmering steamed rice balls with coconut milk & jaggery syrup and flavoured with cardamom powder. Using millet flour balls made no difference to the taste. To make the dish more healthy, I used palm jaggery instead of jaggery. I used jowar flour as it was readily available in the pantry. Try this recipe for this Aadi Velli with millet flour of your choice.
Karupatti (palm Jaggery) Halwa or Panai Vellam Halwa is a deliciously authentic sweet from Tamilnadu. This sweet is so yummy and prepared using a healthy Palm Jaggery. Karupatti is a natural sweetener with no artificial additives. Karupatti is also known to have various medicinal properties and other health benefits. Halwa made with palm Jaggery is an authentic delicacy.
Aval/Poha laddu is a very easy sweet which can be prepared in 15 minutes. Palm jaggery is a rich source of minerals. It promotes better digestion, reduces mensural cramps and nourishes the skin. Palm jaggery is rich in iron, which increases hemoglobin levels, thus treating anemia. Try this easy recipe to satisfy your sweet cravings in a healthy way.
Vermicelli Kesari is a pudding made with vermicelli, ghee, nuts and sugar. I have used coconut oil instead of ghee to make it as vegan. This is a very simple recipe and can be made using any millet vermicelli. Try this recipe for a quick dessert.
"Pudding" can refer generically to the sweet, final course of a meal, what Americans know as "dessert."
In the United States, puddings are nearly always sweet desserts of milk or fruit juice variously flavoured and thickened with cornstarch, arrowroot, flour, tapioca, rice, bread, or eggs. This simple recipe which I am sharing is made using jowar flour and I have used the seasonal fruit mango to bring out the mango flavour. Try this recipe before the mangoes goes off the shelves.
