Dates & Nuts roll

This is very healthy dessert and easy to make also.  Dates provide essential vitamins and minerals - such as B-complex vitamins, Potassium, Magnesium and Iron.    Some kids are fussy eaters; for them this is a very good healthy snack.

 

 

Ingredients:

• 5 cups pitted and chopped Dates

• 1 cup finely chopped Almonds

• 1 cup finely chopped Walnuts

• ½ cup finely chopped Cashew nuts

• ½ cup finely chopped Pistachios

• 1 cup milk

• 8 tbsp. Condensed milk

• ½ cup sugar

• 1 tbsp. butter

• 2 tbsp. dry coconut powder

 

Procedure:

• Slightly fry all chopped nuts one variety at a time in a wide skillet for avoiding raw smell.

• Cook chopped Dates with ½ cup of milk in a Microwave/stovetop till the Dates become soft.  It will take approximately 12 minutes to cook.

• Once the Dates mixture completely cools down, then blend the mixture with the remaining ½ cup of milk in a blender.

• Now melt the butter in non-stick skillet and then pour the ground Dates mixture in it.   Stir the mixture continuously to avoid burning.

• Now add the condensed milk and sugar; cook the mixture until it becomes thick.  (The mixture should not stick to the hands. Please view the below picture)

 

• At this stage add the fried chopped nuts one variety at a time to the mixture and stir it well at the low heat.  (The final mixture looks shown in the below picture)

•         Switch of the heat and leave the Dates & Nuts mixture to cool down.
• Once the mixture completely cools down then follow the below procedure to roll them.
• Sprinkle some dry coconut powder on a plastic wrap and then put some Dates & Nuts mixture on it; fold the wrap and then slowly roll it like a log.  This way the dry coconut will equally spread on the roll.  (Please see the below picture)

 

 

• Keep these rolls in a refrigerator for at least 6 hours. 
• After that unwrap the plastic wrap and slice the rolls.
• Store them in an air tight container.