Here Are Top 5 Healthy Dessert Ideas for Diabetics

It’s the festive season which also brings in sweet and savoury delicacies to devour into. But, diabetes diagnosis leads to a lot of mindful eating, as any wrong eating may lead to high blood sugar levels which can be problematic. So here is a list of 5 desserts recipe that any diabetic can eat without any fear:

Ragi Oats Ladoo:
A great dessert for all the diabetics. It helps you remove your craving of ladoos, with added benefits of ragi and oats
Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups of Ragi Flour
• 1 cup of oats flour
• 20 dates
• ¼ cup milk
• 1 tbsp ghee
• Cashew nuts
• Natural sweetener (honey, jaggery)

How to make it?

• Dry roast ragi flour, oats flour, cashew nuts together.
• Take a dash of ghee in a pan.
• Drag all the roasted materials in it.
• Add the natural sweetener to it.
• Add flavours like cinnamon, cardamom
• Roast until it changes colour
• Let it cool for sometime
• Use your hands and turn it into a ladoo.

Nolen Gur Rasgulla:
Jaggery is one of the most famous natural sweeteners. Filled with the benefits of cottage cheese it is very easy to make.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 lt whole milk
• 2 tablespoon lemon juice
• 3 cups of water
• 3 cups jaggery

How to make it?

• In a saucepan pour the whole milk. Let it come to boil.
• After it comes to boil add 2 tbsp of lemon juice to it. This will cause the milk to curdle.
• Allow the milk to cool and strain the milk using a muslin cloth. A squeeze of the excess water.
• Convert the cottage cheese into a dough and then into small balls. Try to avoid any cracks.
• Now take another saucepan, add 3 cups of water, followed by jaggery and let it come to a boil. When the mixture takes one thread consistency to add the cottage cheese balls to it and your Nolen our rasgullas are ready!

Frozen Berry Yoghurt Bites:
This is another healthy dessert recipe for all diabetics. Berries act as an antioxidant and is also a natural sweetener.

Ingredients:

• 250g of frozen mixed berry
• 250g of 0% fat greek yoghurt
• 1 tbsp honey

How to make it?

• Blend berries, yoghurt and honey in a blender for 20-30 seconds until it turns into a smooth paste
• Keep the mixture in a refrigerator, scoop and serve chilled.

Sugar-Free Lemon Bars:
Sugar-free lemon bars are a great alternative for your sweet cravings.
Ingredients:

• 1 squeezed lemon juice
• 1 cup of water
• 1 tbsp of cornstarch
• 1 tbsp honey

How To Make it?
Take a bowl, pour the cornstarch, water and honey to it.

• Whisk it until it turns into a paste.
• Add the squeezed lemon to it. Whisk it again
• Put it in the refrigerator and let it sit for half an hour.
• Turn it into the shapes you like.

Lauki Halwa:
A traditional Indian dessert with the goodness of bottle gourd, which works wonderfully for regulating blood sugar levels.
Ingredients:

• 2.5 cups of grated bottle gourd.
• 1 tsp of ghee’
• 1.5 cups of low-fat milk
• 1.5 tsp cardamom
• 2 tsp of stevia or honey

How to make it?

• Take a saucepan, add ghee and let it heat
• Add the grated bottle gourd and mix vigorously.
• Cover it with a lid and let it cook for 5-6 minutes
• Add milk and cardamom and the sugar substitute.
• Mix well and serve hot.

Over to you.
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