Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, energy bar recipe | protein bar recipe | dry fruit energy bars | nut bar is a vegetarian Indian sweet made with dates / khajoor, hot water, and cashew / kaju in about 25 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 14 pieces
- Category: sweet
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup dates / khajoor (pitted)
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 cup cashew / kaju
- 1 cup almonds / badam
- ½ cup walnut / akhrot
- ¼ cup pistachios
- ¼ cup sesame seeds / til
- ¼ cup pumpkin seeds
- ½ cup dry coconut (grated)
- ½ cup honey
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup rolled oats
Method
- firstly, in a bowl soak 1 cup dates in 1 cup hot water for 2 hours.
- blend to smooth paste without adding any water. keep aside.
- in a kadai take 1 cup cashew, 1 cup almonds, ½ cup walnut, ¼ cup pistachios, ¼ cup sesame seeds and ¼ cup pumpkin seeds.
- roast on low flame for 5 minutes or until the nuts turn crunchy.
- further, add ½ cup dry coconut and continue to roast.
- transfer the roasted nuts to a bowl and keep aside.
- in a kadai take dates paste and saute on medium flame.
- cook until the dates paste thickens.
- further, add in roasted nuts, ½ cup honey, ½ tsp cardamom powder and ¼ tsp salt.
- turn off the flame and mix well making sure everything is combined well.
- further in a pan roast ½ cup rolled oats on medium flame until it turns aromatic.
- blend to a fine powder.
- add in oats powder to the dry fruit dates mixture.
- combine well, keep mixing until the mixture thickens.
- transfer the prepared mixture into a greased plate lined with baking paper.
- set well forming a block.
- allow setting for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
- now unmould and cut into pieces.
- finally, serve energy bar or store in an airtight container for a month in the refrigerator.
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.
