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Healthy Date Pudding

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Healthy Date Pudding

Healthy and delicious date pudding is a wonderful recipe in every way, bringing together the best ingredients, from milk pudding to dates, for a complete dessert that everyone will love!

Total time65 min
Prep30 min
Cook35 min
Yield8 servings
DifficultyMedium
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DessertsInternationalVegetarianNut freeEgg freeMediumLong cook

Recipe story

Healthy and delicious date pudding is a wonderful recipe in every way, bringing together the best ingredients, from milk pudding to dates, for a complete dessert that everyone will love!

Ingredients

  • 4 cups liquid milk
  • 3 tablespoons ground oats
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 cups pitted dates - you can add more or less dates as desired
  • 3/4 cup hot water
  • 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 1 teaspoon fine cinnamon
  • Date pudding recipe by the cook and friend of the What Are We Cooking Today website:
  • Um Taha Al-Hamwi
  • Click on Um Taha's name to visit her profile on our website and enjoy her recipes
  • For more of Um Taha's lovely dessert recipes, here is this link: Eid al-Adha Cookies
  • To make homemade qashta qaimar, here is this recipe: How to Make Qashta Qaimar in Video

Method

  1. Mix the dates with boiling water, cover, and leave for about half an hour.
  2. Blend the soaked dates in an electric blender until very smooth.
  3. Mix the milk with the oats, starch, and cardamom, then pour the date mixture over them.
  4. Put the mixture on the heat, stirring continuously until it thickens.
  5. Turn off the heat and pour into serving glasses, then decorate the date pudding as desired.
  6. Chill the date pudding in the refrigerator (not the freezer) and serve it cold…
  7. Date pudding method from a cook and friend on Sho Tabkhin Al-Youm:
  8. Um Taha Al-Hamawi
  9. Click on Um Taha's name to visit her page on our site and enjoy her recipes
  10. For more of Um Taha's lovely sweets, here is the link: Eid al-Adha Cookies
  11. To make clotted cream (qimeer) at home, here is the recipe: How to prepare qimeer clotted cream (video)
  12. #recipes #recipe #date_pudding #mahallabia_with_dates #dates #the_dates
  13. #sho_tabkhin_al_youm

Notes and serving ideas

  • Eid al-Adha Cookies
  • How to Make Qashta Qaimar in Video
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