Plate of dessert for circle of life around me!

Date coins with nuts & poppyseed.

 

 

Last week, driving back from upstate NewYork with van full of High school kids who were chatting, laughing, giggling while listening to their music, I couldn't help but think about the circle around my life. A circle that I often take for granted, but a circle that has always been there for me.  After that long tiring trip, making this dessert seemed therapeutic as it remineded me of nothing but purity, simplicity & sweetness of folks in my life. A helping hand, a strong shoulder, a sweet smile, a  phone call that said, " I'm here, just let me know what you need".  What else one could ask for! So here is this recipe reflecting the richness, sweetness & their simplicty. Enjoy!

 

Ingredients:

1 cup of chopped, pitted dates

1/4th cup of mixed nutes : chopped almonds, walnuts, pecan, pistachio etc

3 Tsp Poppy seed ( can be replaced with Coconut Flakes).

1 tsp butter/ Ghee ( Optional)

 

Method:

Chop the pitted dates in a food processor at  medium speed. Once chopped, saute them in non stick pan on medium heat. You may add Ghee to the pan, if you choose, but it's really not needed. As dates begin to soften, turn the the heat to low. Dates will start forming small lumps. At this point add nuts to the pan. Mix well. The dates & nutes will start turning in a  ball. Take the ball off of pan & put it on a cutting board. I find it helpful to have a sheet of wax paper underneath the ball.  Make smaller lumps, about  3-4" diameter. Roll them in logs. Once the logs is nice & smooth, roll it in poppyseed to get well covered. Wrap the log in aluminum foil & keep in freezer for 8-10 minutes. Once it hardens a little, cut the rings. Voilà. Date coins  are ready!!