SUPERFOOD ENERGY BARS

Have you ever tried making Energy bars at home, using some super foods? If not, here is the easiest recipe. Every single ingredients I have used here for the energy bar, adds its own health benefits ranging from essentials like protein, vitamins and minerals. And you have kids at home, they are surely going to like this.

Ingredients :

1. Almonds - 1/3 cup

2. Cashews  -1/3 cup

3. Chia seeds - 1 tsp

4. Walnuts - 1/4 cup

5. Pistachio  -1/4 cup

6. White sesame seeds - 1 tsp

7. Date - 1/2 cup (seedless)

8. Cardamom powder - a pinch (optional)

9. Pinch of salt

10. Rolled oats - 1/2 cup 

Process:

1. Firstly take a bowl, add a cup of lukewarm water and pour the dates. Keep aside for 40-45 minutes. Now put them in a grinder and make a smooth paste.

2. In a frying pan, dry roast all the super foods till they spread a good aroma.

3. Now add the date puree to the nuts and give a good mix, you can add a pinch of salt and cardamom powder if you wish to (optional). Once you add date puree, it will start sticking together with all the nuts, if its not sticking together, you can add 1 tbsp of warm water also to make a soft and crunchy dough. 

4. Dry roast the rolled oats and grind them well to powdered form and add them in the mixture and give a good mix. Once the dough is ready, in a flat tray, place a butter paper or you can just grease the tray (if you do not have butter paper) and dump the dough and press firmly. To get the bars nice and smooth on top, wet your fingers and use them to smooth out the surface. 

5. Once the bars are ready, use the edges of the butter paper to lift the bars out of the tray and place on to a cutting board, and cut into pieces.