Sunday, March 21, 2010

Almond Flavored Dates - Banana Milkshake



Milk shakes are a smart way to incorporate the fruits and milk in our diet and also to finish off those leftover fruits begging for our mercy. :) This rich, flavorful milkshake serves good as part of a breakfast on a hot summer day or as a nutritious, afterschool snack for the kids. I prepared this yummy drink to get rid off those last two bananas I had sitting on the hanger adorning my kitchen table for several days. The following recipe can be altered adding any extra fruits / nuts / dry fruits.

  • Blend together 1 medium - large sized banana +10 pitted dates + 1 cup milk + 1 - 2 Tbsp badam mix, until the dates are almost pureed.
  • You will end up with two servings of a creamy, delicious almond flavored milkshake.
Note:
1. We like thicker milkershakes but the milk quantity can be increased by 1/2 cup in the above recipe.
2. Use the almond / badam mix powders (used to prepare badam milk) sold by Indian grocers. I use MTR brand almond mix powder.
3. No extra sweetener is needed. Sweetness from the dates & almond mix powder is sufficient.

This goes to 
1. Jihva - Breakfast guest hosted by me & Indira being behind Jihva.
2. Divya's Sunday Snacks - Healthy Snacks
3. Madhuri's 'Serve me some - Juices, Shakes, Smoothies'.

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19 comments:

  1. Nothing like a milkshake on a hot summer afternoon.

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  2. Suma,

    Almond banana milk shake looks rich and creamy , healthy too.

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  3. Wow, a very refreshing healthy milkshake. Loved the click.

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  4. Healthy refreshing milkshake :-)

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  5. a healthy nutritious and refreshing milk shake.

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  6. Almond,banana and dates sounds delicious....

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  7. superb click...During this scroching heat it feels so comforting just looking at these glasses, imagine how refreshing it would be after having it..bottoms up!!!cheers..

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  8. Milk shake looks sooo good. Slurppp.....

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  9. Looks so so creamy and delcious.

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  10. looks delicious!
    http://recipegrabbag.blogspot.com/

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  11. Thats awesome power packed milkshake..regarding your question..adding baking powder to pancakes, it cooks faster, becomes soft & fluffy..can also be eliminated if you want..I made a few without baking powder to see the outcome..they were like thick, not so soft, after adding baking powder, the result was good, it was fluffy, soft, and evenly/fully cooked..and was faster too..

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  12. Suma,
    I used regular plantain from the grocery shop and let them ripen in kitchen table with an apple in a basket, it will take 5 days minimum to get ripen

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  13. Suma, sounds and looks delicious. I guess I will try it right away as I am fasting for navaratri and this is perfect for me :)

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  14. Suma, forgot to mention, please also post, what does "badam mix" consist of.

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  15. Priya, the ingredients mentioned on the pack are almonds, skimmed milk powder, sugar, cardamom & saffron.
    We can add the ingredients according to our liking but I think it is hard to imitate MTR's proportions. I feel their mix makes this drinks yummier.
    Give it a try and let me know.
    BTW, is it navartri time now for you?

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  16. Oops !!! I didn't read the "MTR Badam Mix" words before, my bad. OK, I will try to then bring the mix and then make it. And, yes, this is the second of Navaratri I do in a year, it is called "Chaitra Navaratri" and one is of course that comes in usual "durga puja" time... before Diwali :)

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  17. This looks devine!!!...Loved the pix!

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