Title: 5 Amazing Diabetic Dessert Recipes
15 Amazing Diabetic Dessert Recipes
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Are you ready to discover how to cook delightful
desserts that wont jeopardize your Sugar Control
efforts? As a part of Nutrition Guide for
Diabetics, here are some of the low-calorie
dessert recipes emphasizing on some of the best
low GI and fibrous foods, including, apples,
raspberries, and blueberries. This helps you to
keep the blood glucose levels in check and also
savor the desserts. Now, before you get down to
the yummy dessert recipes below, you may want to
check out simple tips and tricks that will help
you convert any normal delicious dessert into
diabetic dessert recipes.
Replace sugar with natural and low glycemic
index ingredients like unrefined honey, dates,
figs and other fruits. Substitute whole milk
with low fat or skimmed milk and garnish with
whole fruits instead of fruit extracts or sugar
loaded milkshakes. Substitute regular panner
and butter with low-fat paneer and low-fat butter.
Include a lot of fiber in the form of fruits
and nuts.
2Delicious desserts for you, that can be enjoyed
without any guilt by both diabetics as well as
non-diabetics. Your craving after food or during
festivals ends with these easy to prepare
mouthwatering recipes. 1. KHAJOOR AND NUTS BARFI
Dates have a low glycemic index making them an
apt natural sweetener that does not spike the
blood glucose levels. Nuts are rich in proteins,
Fibers, vitamins, and minerals that are very
important for diabetics. Nuts and dates both
being low on the glycemic index scale, make it a
favorable and tasty diabetic dessert recipe one
must not miss!! Prep time 10 mins Cook time 8
mins Total time 18 mins INGREDIENTS Dates
- 400 grams (2 cups) Walnuts - 50 grams (Mgt
cup) Cashews - 50 grams (Mgt cup)
Almonds - 50 grams (Mgt cup) Dry coconut - 25
grams (Mgt cup) (grated) Pistachios - 20
grams (2 tbsp) Nutmeg - 1
3 Green cardamom - 6-7 Ghee - 2
tbsp PREPARATION METHOD 1. Cut cashew,
almonds, and walnuts into small chunks. Slice the
pistachios into thin pieces. Roughly chop the
dates using a knife. 2. Crush cardamom and
nutmeg into a fine powder. 3. Roast chopped
cashews, almonds, and walnuts on a medium flame
for 2-3 minutes and keep aside. 4. Pour 1tbs
ghee and once it melts, add nutmeg-green cardamom
powder, chopped dates, roasted chopped dry
fruits, and grated coconut and mix well. 5.
After the mixture cools down, grease the hand
with some ghee and pinch some mixture and roll it
out into cylindrical shape. Coat the barfi with
some sliced pistachios 6. Place them in the
refrigerator for 2 hours to set. The
mouth-watering and tantalizing khajur dry fruits
barfi which is absolutely a diabetic friendly
recipe is ready to savor. Store them in your
refrigerator and have them one at a time to enjoy
the food.
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS VALUE PER PIECE
Calories 80 Cal
Carbs 6gms
Fat 6gms
Protein 2g
Khajoor and nuts barfi are rich in fiber and
protein content making it tasty as well as a
healthy diabetic dessert.
2- SANDESH
4Sandesh is made using panner and almonds. Panner
is low in carbohydrate content making it
extremely good for diabetic patients. It is
consumed very slowly by the body, thereby not
spiking the blood glucose levels. Almonds, on the
other hand, are enriched with proteins, fiber,
vitamins, and minerals making it the best food
for diabetics. The combination of panner and
almonds makes a perfect diabetic friendly
dessert. Prep Time 10 mins Cook Time 20 mins
Total Cook Time 30 mins INGREDIENTS 150
gm paneer (cottage cheese) 1/2 cup khoya -
grated 4 green cardamom - crushed Large
pinch of kesar (saffron) 6 Tbsp sugar /
gur 6 almonds - shredded thin
lengthwise PREPARATION METHOD 1. Blend the
paneer, khoya and sugar/gur together till
smooth. 2. Mix in the elaichi and set in a
layer about 1/2" thick. 3. Refrigerate till
set and cut into squares or diamonds and
serve. The delicious, bust best diabetic dessert
is ready to be devoured and enjoyed.
5NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS VALUE PER PIECE
Energy 186 cal
Protein 52g
Carbohydrates 17 6 g
Fiber 0.1 g
Fat 79g
Cholesterol 19 2 mg
Sandesh is made of panner and nuts both of which
have a low glycemic index. 3- LAUKI HALWA/BOTTLE
GOURD HALWA
LAUKI HALWA / BOTTLE GOURD HALWA
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Bottle gourd or Lauki comprises of 92 water and
the remaining is fiber, which makes it an
effortlessly absorbable food. It has a meager
amount of glucose and sugar-related compounds,
which makes it a perfect food for diabetics. So a
sweet made of lauki is not only delicious but
also has extremely good benefits to prevent
diabetes.
6Prep Time 10 mins Cook Time 23 mins Total
Cook Time 33 mins INGREDIENTS 2 V cup
finely grated lauki (Doodhi) (Bottle Gourd)
1 tbs Pure Ghee 1 V cup low-fat Milk V
tsp-Elaichi (Cardamom) Powder 2 tsp sugar
substitute PREPARATION METHOD 1. Heat the ghee
in a pan and mix well with grated lauki. 2.
Cover with lid and cook on a medium flame for 5-6
min while stirring occasionally. 3. Add and
milk powder and stir well and cook on a medium
flame for 15-17 minutes. While stirring
occasionally. 4. Add the sugar substitute and
stir well. Serve the tasty and delicious lauki
halwa when hot to enjoy a healthy diabetic
dessert.
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS VALUE PER PIECE
Energy 45 cal
Protein 2.7 g
Carbohydrates 5.3 g
Fiber 1.2 g
Fat 1.4 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Lauki halwa is low on calories, rich in protein
and fiber making it one of the best desserts for
diabetes with almost no effects of blood glucose
fluctuations.
4- OATS APPLE PHIRNI
7Oats are high in fiber content and low on the
glycemic index. It is very healthy due to its
high soluble fiber content and low cholesterol.
Apples score about 36 on the glycemic index scale
which is a low score. Therefore it has a
comparatively low effect on insulin and blood
sugar levels. This makes them a suitable fruit
for people with diabetes when consumed
moderately. Combining two food ingredients low on
the glycemic index to make a dessert makes it
extremely healthy and the best diabetic dessert
recipe. Prep Time 5 mins Cook Time 6 mins
Total Cook Time 11 mins INGREDIENTS Cup
powdered oats grated apple 3 cups of
low-fat milk 2 tsp sugar substitute PREPARATI
ON METHOD 1. Heat the milk and bring it to
boil. 2. Add the oats, stir well and cook on
medium flames for 2 minutes. 3. Remove the
flame, add sugar substitute, mix well and keep
aside to chill.
84. Add the apple, mix well and refrigerate.
Serve the chilled oats and apple phrini to enjoy
a safe diabetic dessert without the fear of your
blood glucose levels spiking up.
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS gt Energy /ALUE PER gtIECE 117 cal
Protein 7.6 g
Carbohydrates 19 g
Fiber 2 g
Fat 1.2 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
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Oats and apple are one of the best foods for
diabetics. Dessert with the goodness of apple and
oats is rich in protein and fiber making it very
good for diabetics.
5- OATS AND ORANGE RABADI
9Oats are rich in fiber content and low on the
glycemic index. It is extremely healthy due to
its high soluble fiber content and low
cholesterol. The pulpiness of oranges provides a
great source of fiber. Eating oranges reduces the
risk of developing diabetes. It has a glycemic
index score of 40 making it extremely for
diabetics consumption. Prep Time 5 mins Cook
Time 12 mins Total Cook Time 17 mins
INGREDIENTS cup oats V cup orange
segments 2 cups low fat milk 1 tsp
ghee 1 tsp sugar substitute.
PREPARATION METHOD
101. Heat the ghee in a pan, add oats and saute
in medium flames for 2 min. 2. Add milk, mix
well and cook on medium flames for 10 min. 3.
Keep aside for cooling. 4. Once cooled, add
orange segments, sugar substitute and mix well.
Refrigerate and eat chilled rabadi for a happy
diabetic dessert.
NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS PI Energy d_UE PER ECE 99 cal
Protein 5.9 g
Carbohydrates 13.8 g
Fiber 1 g
Fat 2.3 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Oats are rich in protein and oranges are rich in
fiber making it the best food option for
diabetics. As both the food ingredients are low
in glycemic index, a dessert made out of them
ensures that the blood glucose levels do not go
erratic. Therefore oats and orange rabadi can be
peacefully enjoyed by diabetics without any
fear. Conclusion Desserts are an unavoidable
craving to all. Be a diabetic or non-diabetic,
controlling dessert cravings is a nightmare.
However, it is very essential for diabetics to
learn to control their cravings so as not to let
their blood glucose levels going erratic.
Controlling blood sugar levels and satisfying
your taste buds become easy when few changes like
low-fat milk, sugar substitutes are adopted. This
ensures to give you delicious tasty and heartfelt
desserts and not affecting your blood glucose
levels.