{"id":4434,"date":"2022-10-14T14:18:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T08:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/?p=4434"},"modified":"2025-07-29T17:04:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:34:46","slug":"yeh-diwali-health-wali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/2022\/10\/14\/yeh-diwali-health-wali\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Diwali Sweets Recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62721 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Healthy-Festive-Sweets.jpg\" alt=\"Healthy Festive Sweets_Activ Living Community\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/533;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Diwali<\/strong> is a stressful time for anyone who is trying to stay loyal to a diet. Snacks, sweets, and delicious goodies are bountiful and all around us during this festive season. Each visitor brings a pack of <em>mithai <\/em>as they come to wish you on this auspicious occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, it is tradition to offer something sweet to friends and family who visit us. This means cooking snacks and sweets. Take this as an opportunity to introduce something healthy and cook bite-size delicious and festive snacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Twist on The Traditional:\u00a0<\/strong>A quintessential part of Diwali are the <em>ladoos<\/em> and <em>kulfis<\/em>. Each family has a traditional recipe that is passed on from generation to generation. Start a new tradition this year by introducing something good for your health.<\/p>\n<h2>Dates and Peanut Ladoos<\/h2>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup dry roasted unsalted peanuts<\/li>\n<li>12 dates, roughly chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon creamy peanut butter<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon fine sea salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Directions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Ground the peanuts in a mixer or a food processor to get a coarse mix. Make sure that this mix isn\u2019t too fine.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer this to a bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Pulse the dates till they become a gooey mass.<\/li>\n<li>Add rest of the ingredients in the mixer along with the dates and pulse until they are blended well to make a dough.<\/li>\n<li>Roll them into bite-sized balls. You can also use this mix to make a <em>barfi<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Rose Chia Seed Pudding<\/h2>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1.5 cups almond milk<\/li>\n<li>6 tablespoons chia seeds<\/li>\n<li>4-5 tablespoons honey (as per preference)<\/li>\n<li>Pinch of cardamom powder<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons rose water<\/li>\n<li>Dry fruits to garnish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Directions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Add the almond milk to a bowl with honey and mix it well.<\/li>\n<li>Add the cardamom powder and rose water to this and combine it well using a whisk.<\/li>\n<li>Add the chia seeds and combine them with a spoon.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer this into serving bowls and chill it in the refrigerator overnight or for 5-6 hours.<\/li>\n<li>Top this dessert with dry fruits and serve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Along with these delicious <strong>sweets<\/strong>, there are many ways to make your Diwali <strong>diet<\/strong> healthier. Simple steps like replacing refined flour with wheat flour, using jaggery instead of sugar or gifting dry or fresh fruits instead of sweets will make a huge difference and contribute to your efforts of staying healthy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"key-takeaway__content-wrap\">\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"key-takeaway__sub-heading\">Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<div class=\"key-takeaway__content\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use Diwali as an opportunity to create healthy, bite-sized festive snacks. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conside<\/span>r making date and peanut ladoos, along with rose chia seed pudding.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">By replacing refined flour with whole wheat flour and using jaggery instead of sugar, you can significantly improve the nutritional value of your treats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay active 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