easy energy bar recipe | protein bar recipe | dry fruit energy bars | nut bar
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.