Healthy, refreshing, and energy-boosting, this dry fruit milkshake recipe is the perfect beverage to give you a quick boost throughout the day! It includes dried fruits, nuts, and plant-based milk making it a great gluten-free and vegan option.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 35 minutes
  • Cook time: Not specified
  • Total time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 3
  • Category: Beverages
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup almonds
  • ¼ cup pistachios (unsalted, shelled)
  • ¼ cup cashews
  • ¼ cup raisins
  • 7 to 8 dates (- chopped)
  • 3 to 4 dried figs
  • 1 pinch saffron (- optional)
  • 2.5 cups soy milk ((chilled) or preferred vegan milk or dairy milk)
  • raw sugar (- if needed, optional)
  • 1 tablespoon almonds (or pistachios or cashews, chopped - for garnish)

Method

Preparation

  1. Soak figs in hot water for 30 minutes or in water at room temperature for 1 to 2 hours or more until they soften.
  2. If you have dried figs which are soft, then no need to soak them. If the dried figs are chewy and hard, then do soak them.
  3. You can also soak dates if they are hard or chewy. If they are soft, then no need to soak dates. You can opt to soak the almonds, cashews and the remaining nuts.
  4. Rinse the remaining nuts, dates and raisins except the saffron in a strainer or bowl. This is an optional step.
  5. You could also choose to soak these nuts and raisins in hot water for 30 minutes. If you prefer, you can peel the almonds. For small kids, I recommend to peel the almond and the pistachio skins.
  6. Once the figs have softened, then roughly chop them. Also roughly chop the dates.

Making dry fruits milkshake

  1. Then add all of nuts, raisins, chopped dates, figs and saffron in a blender.
  2. Add ½ cup soy milk (or any nut milk or dairy milk). Blend to a semi fine or fine paste. If making for small kids, then make a very fine paste.
  3. Then add the remaining 2 cups of the soy milk. You can also add raw sugar if you prefer.
  4. Blend well again. Pour in glasses.
  5. Garnish with a few dry almond or pistachio slivers and serve dry fruits milkshake immediately.
  6. Store any leftovers in the refrigerate for a few hours, but try to drink the milkshake the same day.½

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.