Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Raw fruit-n-nut balls!

As I had been baking breads and muffins, Jani asked when I'm gonna make something that's edible for him too (he's a raw vegan), I know I have always wanted to make this raw cake but I just haven't had the chance to get all the ingredients complete and they take much work. So he was suggesting this "fruit and nut balls", immediately I googled its recipe, bingo! Simple and easy! What's more, it's oil-free and you don't need any oven but a blender with a pulse function.

I managed to roll 20 balls out of these ingredients:
- 150g almond nuts (I tried hazelnuts too, both are equally good!)
- 5-6 dried apricots
- 5 pitted dates
- fresh squeezed orange juice (half an orange)
- dessicated coconut with cinnamon powder (prepare in a separate bowl for tossing the balls)


I
first pulsed the nuts and apricots, then gradually added in the pitted dates until they were evenly together, which would look something like this.
After added in the fresh squeezed orange juice, that's when they would appear moist and stick together.

I made sure my hands were clean before started rolling them and tossed them in the bowl of cinnamon coconut. I stored them in refrigerator for a while before tasting them.

I looove this fruit-n-nut balls!! I don't usually take sweet stuff (except ice-cream and chocolate ahem ;p). They may look simple and ordinary, but trust me, there's more to offer what's underneath, just one bite on them, they are simply irresistible!

No comments:

Post a Comment