Ingredients: 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour (Maida),1/2 cup Whole Wheat Flour,1/2 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi),1/8 teaspoon Salt,1-1/4 teaspoon Baking powder,2 tablespoon Cashew nuts – coarsely chopped,25 Dates – black one and pitted,80 ml Milk,2-1/2 teaspoon Custard powder,2/3 cup Brown Sugar (Demerara Sugar),1/2 cup Sunflower Oil,150 ml Water
Time in minutes: 55 Servings: 2 Course: Snack Diet: Vegetarian
Instructions: To begin making Healthy Eggless Date Squares Recipe, in a large mixing bowl, sieve the flours with salt & custard powder. Add chopped cashew nuts to it and keep aside.Grind the pitted dates with some water. Whisk the mixture well.Place a saucepan on medium heat and add the dates mixture to it.Heat this mixture till it becomes gooey.Turn off the heat and let it cool. Add the baking powder and cardamom powder. In a small bowl, mix sugar, oil and milk.Add this to the flour mixture.Add the dates mixture to the flour mixture. Fold gently till you get a thick cake like batter without any dry flour between the folds. Pour the mixture into a greased and lined pan and proceed for baking.Bake the mixture in a preheated oven for 25-30 mins until a toothpick/knife inserted comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack, unmold and cut into squares. Serve the Healthy Eggless Date Squares Recipe on a serving plate or pack it for your kids snack box.