Khajur & Anjeer Rolls...A sweet which is a treat not only to the taste buds but also to the eyes.

Khajur & Anjeer Roll is nothing but a bundle of dry fruits beautifully rolled up in the form of a sweet. Nothing is fixed, you add whatever you like and in whatever ratio you prefer. A very forgiving recipe where nothing can go wrong.

December is indeed a special month for me as there is my marriage anniversary as well as my elder son's birthday. And in addition, the weather is just awesome. There is a nip in the air, festivity in the environment and liveliness all around. Malls and other marketplaces are beautifully set up and are decked up with Christmas goodies. All over the city, fares and carnivals are put up. It is, in fact, one of the best months to hang around, to celebrate and to have fun and frolic.

At this time of the year, on my anniversary, that is today, since I am not in the city, so instead of baking a cake, I decided to make this special sweet. It is special for us as both I and my hubby loves it. It is one of my favourite sweets and my hubby too can have it free of guilt as it doesn't have any refined sugar or fat.

Seeing the benefits of both dates and figs, I jam all ga ga for this sweet and ust can't stop raving about it. And the icing on the cake is that it is the simplest sweet to make. Just 5 minutes of cooking (can make without cooking also) and you have the tastiest sweet.

Who All Can Have These

• This sweet is excellent for all. If you are a diabetic but have a sweet tooth then this is best for you. Of course, it has Dates that are high in calories but you can reduce the number of Dates and then have them in moderation. At least better than other sweets.
• For Kids: Nuts give us the required warmth in winters but feeding these nuts to your children makes you go nut. It is no less than a Herculean's task. In that case, turn these rolls into Energy bars and give them for school or as an after-school snack. They will just love it.
• Also, it is good for nursing mothers. Recently, My sister in law was Blessed with a baby girl. Normally, in our families, lactating mothers take a heavy dose of homemade laddoos made of wheat flour, edible gum and dried fruits. This is also necessary to make up for the weakness built up during childbirth.  But she didn't want to have these heavy-duty laddoos. so, when made these Dates and Figs rolls for her in the form of laddoos she was more than happy. She got what she wanted.

Why You Will Love This Recipe

• No Refined/Brown/Cane/Coconut Sugar
• No Clarified butter/ Ghee/Oil
• 5 minutes of cooking
• Good for Diabetics
• Good for Nursing Mothers
• Anytime Snack
• Good for Children
• Good for Anaemic and with Blood disorders
• Provides required warmth in winters
• Easiest to make
• Flexible ingredients

Do I need to say anything more about this beauty?

Benefits of Dates and Figs are well known to everybody so I won't take more of your time and come straight away to the recipe now. 

When I made these for my sister in law, I even used Foxtail (Makhana) in it as she doesn't like cashews. So, even that can be added.

I added mixed seeds in this, like melon seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds. You can add sesame seeds also.

 

Step By Step Recipe

(Though I am sharing the recipe but everything here can be adjusted as per your taste and liking. Nothing is fixed. So, this is more like sharing the method with you all.  )

• Soak figs in water for an hour or so. Remove from the water, squeeze out all extra water and pat them dry.

• In the meantime, roast nuts and seeds. I roasted them in the air fryer so no oil/ghee was required. Let them cool down. Once cool, then chop them into small pieces.
• Put soaked and squeezed figs and pitted dates in the food processor.
• Blitz the food processor for about 30 seconds, stopping after every 10 seconds. Better to do it on pulse mode. This is because we need a coarse mix and not paste-like. In the absence of a food processor, grind it in the grinder but use pulse mode.

• Heat a non-stick pan, put the Dates-Figs mix and saute it for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly, so that extra water, if any evaporates. Also, the mix loosens up due to heat and it becomes easy to mix dried fruits in it.
• Switch off the flame, add chopped nuts and seeds (except Poppy seeds). Mix everything and let it cool a little.

• Divide it into 2 or 3 parts. Make a ball and turn it into a cylindrical shape (roll) by rolling on your work surface.
• Spread some roasted poppy seeds on the work surface and roll the log over it so that Poppy seeds stick all over it.
• Wrap this roll in aluminium foil and keep it in the refrigerator at least for an hour (you can keep it longer also). Doing this makes the rolls firm and easier to cut into roundels.

• Take it out, cut roundels and your Khajur & Anjeer rolls are ready.

• Store them or Gift them or bite them.

Tip

• Greasing your hands with little Ghee before making laddoos will give a beautiful glossy look to them.

 

FAQs

Q) Why Figs Paste Is Cooked?

As this sweet is all dry fruits then why did I cook it? Figs are very hard and it is not easy to grind them. So, soak these in water for an hour or so, they soften up and then put them in the food processor. Now, to get rid of this water and to increase its shelf life the grounded figs were sauteed for a while. That's it. No other specific reason.

Q) What is the shelf life of these rolls?

Stays good at room temperature for up to a month.

Q) Is it necessary to roast the nuts?

• No. But I have roasted the nuts here as it augments the taste.
• I used my air fryer for roasting these hence no clarified butter was required and was done in a jiffy.
• You can roast them in air fryer or oven or on the gas stove, whatever suits you the best.
• You can use without roasting also.

Q) How can I shape these differently?

Call it Khajur & Anjeer Roll or Dates barfi or dry fruits Barfi or Energy Bar. Yes, you may call it by whichever name you like the most and thus shape accordingly.

• You may form laddoos with it. Or
• Form Modak on Ganesh Chaturthi. Or
• You may form bars and make Energy Bars. 

Related recipes you may like:

• Energy Bar
• Til Chikki With Berries
• Besan Laddo in Microwave
• Coconut Laddoo Without Condensed Milk

 

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