Dates Delight / Dates Pudding Cake

                  

         Anyone who likes dates will enjoy this rich date dessert... The recipe, which came out of my cousin's cookbook(Ramla M Iqbal), is one of my favorite dessert...This cannot be called a pudding since it stands hard as a cake from the outside..Cant be called a cake too, since its really soft, fluffy & moist from the inside like a pudding..So here it comes...its a perfect Pudding Cake...Rather its a Delight...!! 

 This is a fusion of dates with coconut & breadcrumbs...Will just love the combo.. 

 So lets read a bit info about Dates...

• Selection of dates is very easy and you can have good ones if they appear fleshy and evenly coloured.
• Helps in improving eye sight, specially night blindness. 
• Helps increase one’s sexual stamina. 
• Helps people suffering from constipation. Soak dates overnight and take it along with water to have added advantage.
• Have high iron content and are very useful in treating anemia.
• Have fluorine that slows down the process of tooth decay.
• Help in lowering of the LDL cholesterol.
• Great energy boosters as they contain natural sugars like glucose, sucrose and fructose. To get more advantage add dates to milk and make it a very nutritious snack.
• Rich in vitamins and minerals.
• And last but not the least, Dates are fat and cholesterol free!!

Ingredients

1.Dates - 1/2 cup (de-seeded)
2.Sugar - 1/2 cup (else add more of dates to reach the required sweetness)
3.Bread Crumbs - 1/2 cup
4.Milk - 1 1/4 cup
5.Butter - 1 1/2 tbsp
6.Coconut - 1/4 cup (dessicated/grated)
7.Baking powder-1/2 tbsp
8.Egg - 1

Preparation

~Grind dates with 1/4 cup milk & keep aside.

~In a blender add 1 cup milk, egg, bread crumbs, grinded dates paste & baking powder.
~Now melt butter  in a small fry pan.
~Add sugar to it & allow it to melt. (keep stirring)

~Once melted, off the flame & let it cool to room temperature.. (keep stirring still)

~Now pour this sweet butter mix to to the blender. (Do this step before it hardens)
~Blend for 1-2 mins.
~Check the sweetness & adjust the sweetness by adding more dates or sugar accordingly.
~Add coconut to this batter & mix well. 

~Grease the baking tray & pour the batter into it.
~Bake or pressure cook for 30 - 35 mins.
~Cool the delight to room temperature & refrigerate for atleast 1 hr.
~Will stay in your fridge fresh for 5-6 days..I don't think it will make you stay that long !!

 

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