Almond Jaggery Powder for Babies, Toddlers, and Kids
Almond Jaggery Powder acts as a healthy topping for all your baby and toddler food. You can add it to their porridge, puree, and health drinks too. It is great for immunity and is an energy booster for little ones. Almonds along with palm sugar is a great combination – protein-rich and packed with nutrients and an instant energy booster. Most parents add the only jaggery to porridge. This recipe will help you add in better nutrients and take the level a notch higher.
Almonds help in brain development, heart health, and also memory power and nourishment. Almond along with palm sugar is a great combination to sweeten up baby food that can be given to babies from 8 + Months.
Benefits of Almonds:
1. Almonds are loaded with vitamin E and may help in making your baby’s skin soft and supple.
2. Almonds are rich in antioxidants and thus very effective in strengthening your baby’s immune system.
3. Almonds are beneficial in better brain development in babies and toddlers.
Almond Jaggery powder can be added to porridge, plain milk, fruit purees, desserts, smoothies, yogurt, ice-cream, energy bars, kheer, chopped fruit, or the best instant way is to eat a spoon full for instant energy.
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Almond Jaggery Powder for Babies, Toddlers, and Kids
Almond Jaggery Powder for Babies, Toddlers, and Kids
Author:Kavitha Prashanth
Recipe Type: Topping
Cuisine:Indian
Ingredients
- Almonds - 200 gms
- Kesar - 5 Strands
- Cardamom - 2
- Palm sugar - 100 gms
Method
- Take a wide thick bottom pan, add water, and bring to boil. Once the water starts boiling add the almonds and blanch it for about 2 to 3 minutes.
- After the specified time, check the almonds for readiness. You should be able to peel off the skin easily by squeezing in between two fingers.
- Strain the water and transfer the blanched almonds to the plate. Rub it with a thick towel to get rid of extra water and remove skin immediately.
- Once cooled, remove the skin of the almonds. Take a thick bottom pan and add the almonds dry roast for about 2 minutes.
- Add cardamom along with almonds and dry roast along for about a minute, transfer it to a plate, and allow it to cool.
- Transfer the cooled almonds to a blender jar add a few strands of Kesar and Palm Sugar. Palm sugar has a unique taste and is the healthiest sweetener option. You can purchase it on our TOTS AND MOMS STORE.
- Blend the mixture, turn on, and turn off the mixer at regular intervals to avoid the almond powder getting oily. Blend it to a smooth mixture and store it in an airtight container for future use. Remember both almond and jaggery have moisture so the mixture will be coarse. Sugar must be used for fine powder but it never recommended for babies.
- Almond Jaggery powder is ready to be used in different forms.
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Almond Jaggery Powder for Babies, Toddlers, and Kids
Method of making Almond Jaggery Powder
1. Take a wide thick bottom pan, add water, and bring to boil. Once the water starts boiling add the almonds and blanch it for about 2 to 3 minutes.
2. After the specified time, check the almonds for readiness. You should be able to peel off the skin easily by squeezing in between two fingers.
3. Strain the water and transfer the blanched almonds to the plate. Rub it with a thick towel to get rid of extra water and remove skin immediately.
4. Once cooled, remove the skin of the almonds. Take a thick bottom pan and add the almonds dry roast for about 2 minutes.
5. Add cardamom along with almonds and dry roast along for about a minute, transfer it to a plate, and allow it to cool.
6. Transfer the cooled almonds to a blender jar add a few strands of Kesar and Palm Sugar. Palm sugar has a unique taste and is the healthiest sweetener option. You can purchase it on our TOTS AND MOMS STORE.
7. Blend the mixture, turn on, and turn off the mixer at regular intervals to avoid the almond powder getting oily. Blend it to a smooth mixture and store it in an airtight container for future use. Remember both almond and jaggery have moisture so the mixture will be coarse. Sugar must be used for fine powder but it never recommended for babies.
8. Almond Jaggery powder is ready to be used in different forms.
Almond Jaggery Powder for Babies, Toddlers, and Kids
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