Fruit and Seed Balls

After the hit of the Fig and Date balls I am on a steady hunt for no bake, no cook easy yet healthy snack.

Why waste time on whipping, mixing and baking when I can make a super easy dessert in less than 30 min which is healthy ,hearty and guilt free too!

I have been trying different combinations of dried fruit, nuts, seeds and flavorings and there is always a box of this super power balls in my refrigerator.

So here is the latest recipe I have tried with one of my fav ingredient, desiccated coconut.

Fig and Dates slice -Eggless and whole meal

Back in my home-town,  we usually get dates which are ultra dried , really hard and are super sweet and push you into a Sugar comma!

You have to chew those forever and you would get a jaw ache after eating few of those!

Later once I got the real taste of the fresh ripe dates and the semi dried ones, there was no looking back. I became a buff.I always have a box of dried dates in my pantry, I don’t mean the rubbery ones but the soft, juicy ones!

As I am on a healthy wholesome baking spree, here is a eggless, whole meal, nutritious  snack 

Fig and date slice -Eggless and whole meal

 Ingredients

100 gms Whole meal flour

100 gms Instant Oats

60 gms Brown sugar

75 gms butter melted

75 gms Milk

Juice of half Orange

 For the filling

150 gms Figs/Dates

50 ml water

1 tspn Sugar

Flavoring- I used some ginger syrup

Juice of half Orange

Directions

Chop the dates and figs , add water, sugar, flavoring and orange juice and let it simmer for about 10 minutes until is very soft and mushy. Let it cool down

Meanwhile mix together the dry ingredients- Whole wheat flour, Oats, brown sugar and mix well

Add the melted butter and milk , orange juice and mix well.

Spread half of the mix in a square pan and spread it evenly using a spatula

Spoon the dates/fig mix on top of it and spread it out.

Add the remaining batter and spread using a fork .

Bake in a preheated oven for 25-30 minutes until it is golden brown on top

Once cooled down, cut it into slices and enjoy.

Fig and Date Balls

Eureka! I have found the perfect guilt free snack! And what more ,its eggless, no bake and not even any cooking involved.

And with the added goodness of dates, figs , almonds and Oats!

Me being a sneak, I didn’t tell about the hidden Oats and nuts and gave the Sweet balls to DH who absolutely hates anything with a healthy tag on it!

He thought its some laddu and gorged on it and finished it in no time!

Later in the evening, he was searching the refrigerator for the sweet ballsJ

And he was like, it was soo good and you made such a small batch! And that’s when I reveled the secret ingredientsJ

I told him that in fact it had all his “enemy” stuff in it!

Still he was telling me that Oats and nuts are well hidden and next time I should make a larger batch!

So waste no time in whipping, mixing and baking instead try this Super power Fig and Date balls .

I bet these will satisfy your sweet tooth!

Fig and Date Balls

Ingredients

4 Dried Figs

8-10 Dates

10 almonds

3 tbspn Instant Oats

Directions

In a food processor or Mixer ,powder the oats first and keep aside.No need to make it a fine powder. Just a single pulse will do.

Next pulse the almonds for few seconds.

Now add the chopped dates and figs and pulse for few seconds.

Take the mix out to a plate, the mix will be quite sticky now.

Add the oats and mix well . The oats will absorb any left moisture and the mix will be no longer sticky.

Next , roll one tbpsn each to balls and enjoy the healthy snack

This is my entry to the favourite healthy snack recipe event hosted by Nags and Megha