{"id":62362,"date":"2022-08-10T16:18:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T10:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/?p=62362"},"modified":"2025-07-30T16:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T11:12:53","slug":"this-raksha-bandhan-surprise-your-brother-with-3-healthy-and-delicious-dessert-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adityabirlacapital.com\/healthinsurance\/active-together\/2022\/08\/10\/this-raksha-bandhan-surprise-your-brother-with-3-healthy-and-delicious-dessert-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Healthy And Delicious Raksha Bandhan Recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Raksha<\/p>\n

Raksha Bandhan is observed annually on the last day of the Shravan<\/strong> month. This festival celebrates the beautiful bond of love and trust between a brother and sister. A sister ties a holy thread on her brother\u2019s wrist and feeds him sweets while wishing for his long life. In return, the brother vows to protect the sister from harm. A long life can be achieved through a healthy standard of living. Indian festivals are also incomplete without delicious, lip-smacking sweets. So here are some healthy dessert<\/strong> recipes you can make for your siblings.<\/p>\n

Healthy dry fruit balls<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"Dry<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/strong>
\n\u00bd cup Almond
\n\u00bd cup Pistachio
\n\u00bd cup Cashews
\n2-teaspoon poppy seeds
\n1 cup of dates without seeds
\n1-tablespoon of ghee<\/p>\n

Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Chop the dry fruits and dry roast them.<\/li>\n
  2. Mash the dates in a mixer.<\/li>\n
  3. Heat a pan, add ghee and roast the dates.<\/li>\n
  4. Mix half of the ghee-roasted dates with the dry roasted dry fruits, and keep it aside.<\/li>\n
  5. Now take the other half ghee roasted dates and roll them into small balls.<\/li>\n
  6. Spread the dry fruit mix and roll the date balls over them.<\/li>\n
  7. Wrap the dry fruit balls into a cling foil and refrigerate for 30 minutes.<\/li>\n
  8. Remove the foil. Spread a few poppy seeds and roll the balls over them. This delicious and healthy dessert recipe can be stored for 15 days.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Low-calorie laddoos<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Ingredients:
    \n15 roasted almonds
    \n15 roasted cashews
    \n50-gram Makhana (heat in the microwave until crisp and crunchy)
    \n10 cardamom pods
    \n\u00bd cup grated coconut (roast till color changes to light brown)
    \n\u00bd cup solid or 50-gram jaggery<\/p>\n

    Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Grind cashews, almonds, makhanas, along with cardamom into a powder.<\/li>\n
    2. Add coconut powder to the mixture and put it into a bowl.<\/li>\n
    3. Keep aside a few makhanas and roasted almonds and crush them into medium pieces.<\/li>\n
    4. Mix the crushed pieces of makhanas and almonds with jaggery.<\/li>\n
    5. Add 1 spoon of ghee to the powder and shape them into laddoos.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Chana dal halwa<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

      \"Chana<\/p>\n

      Ingredients:<\/strong>
      \nFor the Halwa:
      \n2-3 heaped tablespoons of ghee
      \n2-cups of soaked chana dal paste
      \n\u2153 cup of toasted sesame seeds
      \n\u00bd tablespoon cardamom powder
      \n\u00bc tablespoon of black pepper powder<\/p>\n

      For jaggery syrup:
      \n1-cup jaggery
      \nI-cup water<\/p>\n

      For garnishing:
      \n2-3 sliced and roasted almonds
      \n2-3 sliced and roasted pistachio
      \nFresh rose petals<\/p>\n

      Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. In a wok, heat some ghee and add soaked chana dal paste. Keep sauteing on low flame for about fifteen minutes. Cook until it turns golden brown.<\/li>\n
      2. In a separate pan, take white sesame seeds and dry roast them. Wait for it to cool down. Transfer it into a grinder jar and grind it into fine powder.<\/li>\n
      3. Add powdered sesame seeds into the wok and mix well with the preparation. Add some jaggery syrup into it and blend it very well.<\/li>\n
      4. To prepare this jaggery syrup, take a shallow pan, add jaggery water and let it melt on low heat. Keep stirring it until the jaggery melts completely.<\/li>\n
      5. Cook it until it thickens, and the ghee leaves the sides of the pan. Add cardamom powder and black pepper powder. Mix it well. The halwa is ready.<\/li>\n
      6. In yet another pan, add the chopped dry fruits and toss well. After you transfer the halwa into a serving bowl, garnish it with the roasted nuts and serve hot.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        This Raksha Bandhan<\/strong>, #StayHealthyStayProtected<\/strong> with the Activ Living Community.<\/p>\n

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        Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n
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