Recipes to keep you warm this winter season

By IANSlife

New Delhi, Jan 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Winters mean hot chocolate, lots of chai and coffee... and snacks to go along with these. This also leads to gaining of those unwanted pounds..., OZiva, a leading clean, plant-based nutrition and wellness brand gets their their in-house dietician and nutritionist, Nidhi Shah, to share a few guilt free recipes to keep you warm this season.

Sugar Free Til Laddoo

Ingredients:

1 cup sesame seeds
? cup walnuts
13-14 almonds
3 tbsp pumpkin seeds
3 tbsp flax seeds
1/2 cup soaked chia seeds
5-6 dates
2 tbsp raisins
1 tsp cardamom powder
1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
1/2 scoop OZiva Organic Plant Protein

Method:

1. Soak chia seeds in water for about 20-30 mins
2. Soak raisin and dates for about 15-20 mins
3. Strain water and blend soaked chia seeds, dates and raisin into fine paste
4. Dry roast sesame seeds until the color changes to light brown
5. In another pan dry roast almonds + walnuts + pumpkin seeds
6. Separately dry roast flax seeds
7. Let them cool and blend all roasted nuts and seeds into a powder
8. Mix the paste, nuts powder and sesame seeds together
9. Add cardamom powder, cinnamon powder and OZiva Organic Plant Protein
10. Mix well and bind into ladoos in small portions
11. Cool for 10 mins in refrigerator

    Hot Chocolate

    Ingredients:

    4 cup milk
    Powdered jaggery as per taste
    3 tbsp cocoa powder
    50g dark chocolate

    Method:

12. Pour milk to the pan on low flame and add cocoa powder

13. Still until there are no lumps
14. Heat for 1 minute
15. Add jaggery powder
16. Add cinnamon powder (if wish to)
17. Mix well and add dark chocolate pieces
18. Keep stirring until ready

19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnugAToI220

    Ragi Idli

    Ingredients:

    1 cup Ragi flour
    1/2 cup urad dal
    1 cup rawa
    1 inch of ginger
    1 green chili
    1 tsp mustard seed
    10-12 curry leaves
    Salt, to taste
    1 tsp OZiva Organic Plant Protein
    A pinch of baking soda

    Method:

20. Rinse urad dal and soak it for 4-5 hours

21. Soak rawa in a separate bowl for 4 hours
22. Strain water from both dal and rawa
23. Blend and make a smooth bater of the soaked dal
24. Add soaked rawa in the bater
25. Add raki flour
26. Mix and aerate
27. Ferment for 8-9 hours or overnight
28. Mix the barter well
29. Heat ghee in a pan
30. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves
31. Add crushed ginger and green chillies
32. Add a little water and let it cook
33. Add it to the barter
34. Add pinch of baking soda and OZiva Organic Plant Protein
35. Grease the idli mold

36. Fill the bater in the mold and let it steam for 12-15mins

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Source: IANS