Almond And Coconut Bites - diabetic friendly

For those who enjoy a mithai-inspired treat, almond and coconut bites are worth trying. Combine finely ground almonds with unsweetened desiccated coconut, a little cardamom and enough melted coconut oil or nut butter to bring the mixture together. Add a small quantity of a suitable non-nutritive sweetener, shape into bite-sized balls and refrigerate until firm.

Almonds provide fibre, protein and unsaturated fats, but they are also calorie-dense. Keep these bites genuinely small and avoid turning one into an excuse to eat several.

 

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Baked Apple With Cinnamon

Sometimes, a simple dessert is all you need. Core a small apple, sprinkle it with cinnamon and bake until tender. You can add a few chopped walnuts for crunch and serve it warm with a spoonful of plain Greek yoghurt.

Unlike a traditional apple pie, this version skips the pastry, added sugar and buttery crust. It also keeps the fruit intact rather than turning it into juice. Remember that apples contain natural carbohydrates, so account for the portion as part of your meal plan.

 

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Chia Seed Kheer- Diabetic Friendly

Give the usual rice kheer a lighter twist with chia seeds. Soak two tablespoons of chia seeds in unsweetened milk or an unsweetened, fortified plant-based alternative. Add cardamom, a pinch of saffron and a little cinnamon, then refrigerate for a few hours until the mixture thickens.

You can add a small amount of an appropriate non-nutritive sweetener if needed. Top with a few chopped almonds or pistachios before serving. Chia seeds provide fibre, but the milk and any toppings still contribute to the overall carbohydrate count.

 

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Greek Yoghurt Shrikhand- Diabetes Friendly

 If you enjoy the creamy richness of shrikhand, you don’t necessarily have to skip it. Swap full-fat, sweetened yoghurt for plain, unsweetened Greek yoghurt or hung curd. Whisk it with a little cardamom, saffron and a diabetes-appropriate non-nutritive sweetener. Refrigerate until chilled and finish with a few chopped pistachios or almonds.

 

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Kaju Katli Madeleines

Ingredients:

* 55 g (½ cup minus 1 tbsp) all-purpose flour

* 25 g (¼ cup) cashew powder

* 45 g (¼ cup) caster sugar

* 35 g (2½ tbsp) melted butter

* 45 g (3 tbsp) curd

* 20–25 g (1½–2 tbsp) milk

* ¼ tsp baking powder

* ⅛ tsp baking soda

* ¼ tsp cardamom powder

* A pinch of salt

* 100–120 g white chocolate, for the shell

 

Method:

1. Whisk the sugar and milk together until combined.

2. Add the curd and mix well.

3. Sift in the flour, cashew powder, baking powder, baking soda, cardamom powder and salt. Mix until just combined.

4. Temper the batter with the butter and mix everything nicely.

5. Cover and chill the batter for 30–45 minutes.

6. Melt the white chocolate and pour a little into each madeleine mould. Spread to coat the shell, then chill until set.

7. Pipe the chilled batter into the moulds and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 10–13 minutes, until golden and cooked through.

8. Let the madeleines cool completely, then gently unmould and enjoy!

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Strawberry lime skillet cake

Ingredients

For the cake

200g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing

200g caster sugar•

3 large eggs, beaten

Zest of 3 limes

125g self-raising flour

75g quick-cook polenta*

Around 450g strawberries

 

*Polenta is coarsely or finely ground cornmeal cooked in liquid (water, stock, or milk) until gelatinized.  

For the Syrup

Juice of 3 limes (or about 125ml)

80g granulated sugar

To serve

Crème fraîche, thick cream, or 
whipped cream with a little natural yogurt folded through it

 

Preparations

Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/mark 4. Take an ovenproof pan (I use an iron skillet that’s 25cm in diameter and 5cm deep, but you could use a cake tin of a similar size). Grease it liberally with butter.

Put the butter and caster sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer, or in a big mixing bowl if beating with an electric whisk. Beat until pale and fluffy.

Add the eggs bit by bit, beating well between each addition. When they are fully incorporated, add the lime zest and beat well. Add the flour and the polenta with a big pinch of salt, and fold in using a big metal spoon.

Take the stalks off the strawberries and halve them (quarter any particularly big ones). Scrape the batter into the prepared skillet. Arrange about two-thirds of the strawberries on top – don’t worry about creating a neat pattern as the fruit will sink into the batter.

Put in the oven and cook for about 40 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Meanwhile, make the syrup. Put the lime juice and granulated sugar in a small saucepan over a low heat. Bring to a simmer and then cook for about 8 minutes, or until you have a tangy syrup. Leave to cool to room temperature.

When the cake comes out of the oven, let it cool in the skillet for 5 minutes, then use a pastry brush to brush the top with most of the lime syrup (keep back 1tbsp). Leave to cool in the skillet on a wire rack.

Put the remaining strawberries in a bowl with the 1tbsp lime syrup and leave to sit while the cake cools. Serve generous slices of the cake with the strawberries and 
dollops of crème fraîche, or the thick or whipped cream.

 

 

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Brioche frangipane apple pudding

  

Ingredients

8 × 1cm (½in) slices all-butter *brioche loaf(about half a loaf )

175g (6oz) butter, softened, plus extra for greasing

175g (6oz) caster sugar

3 eggs, beaten

1 tsp almond extract

175g (6oz) ground almonds

25g (1oz) plain flour

2 large dessert apples, skin on, cored and thinly sliced

2 tbsp apricot jam

1 tbsp flaked almonds, toasted

Icing sugar, for dusting

* A classic brioche loaf is a rich, buttery and slightly sweet French yeasted bread known for its tender, pillowy crumb and golden-brown shiny crust.

 

Preparations

Preheat the oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6 and grease a large, shallow ovenproof dish, about 28cm (11in) diameter, with butter.

Arrange the brioche slices over the base of the dish. Make sure you cover the base and fill in all the gaps, but don’t overlap the slices.

Measure the butter and sugar into a bowl and whiz until pale and fluffy with an electric hand whisk. Add the eggs and whiz again. Finally, add the almond extract, ground almonds and flour, then whiz until the mixture is soft and creamy and there are no lumps. Be careful not to over-process.

Spoon the mixture over the brioche base and spread it to the sides. Arrange the sliced apples in a neat overlapping circular pattern over the top. Bake the pudding in the preheated oven for about 40–50 minutes until lightly golden all over and firm in the centre when lightly pressed.

Meanwhile, melt the jam with 2 tablespoons of water in a small pan over a medium heat. Brush over the surface of the cooked pudding, then sprinkle with the flaked almonds. Dust the pudding with icing sugar and serve warm.

 

 

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