Protein Balls Recipe: If you feel like eating something again and again while working throughout the day, then it is not necessary to eat packaged snacks from the market every time. You can prepare such a healthy snack at home, which besides being tasty, can also add protein and other nutrients to your diet. Protein balls prepared from dry fruits, seeds and sesame seeds are one such easy recipe, which can be made with less effort. The special thing is that you do not need any special cooking skills to make it.
These balls, prepared by mixing things like sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds and dry fruits, can also be taken as a pre or post workout snack. If you also want to include healthy and nutritious snacks in your daily diet, then let us know the easy step-by-step method of making Protein Balls Recipe.
Ingredients for making protein balls
Sesame seeds – 1/2 cup
Peanuts – 1/2 cup
Almonds – 2 tbsp
Pistachios – 2 tbsp
Grated dry coconut – 1/2 cup
Pumpkin seeds – 2 tbsp
Sunflower seeds – 2 tbsp
Fig – 2
Dates – 2-3
Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp
Jaggery – one and a half cup
How to make protein balls
step 1- To make protein balls, the first step is to take a pan with a thick bottom, put peanuts in it and roast it on low flame. The grains have to be dry roasted until their color turns golden and they become crispy. After this, turn off the gas and keep the grains to cool. After the peanuts cool down, grind them in a mixer and make a powder. Keep the peanut powder aside in a bowl. Similarly, dry roast sesame seeds and make powder of it and keep it in another bowl.
Step 2- After making powder of peanuts and sesame seeds, in the second step, add almonds and pistachios to the pan and fry them until they become crispy. After this, add sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds together and dry roast both. After this prepare their powder also. Now take dry coconut and grate it. Instead of this, roast it on gas on low flame. When the coconut aroma starts coming, turn off the gas and keep it in a bowl.
Step 3- Now in the third step, take a big mixing bowl and add peanut powder, sesame powder, dry fruits and pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds powder and mix everything well. After this, cut figs and dates into small pieces and mix them in this mixture. Add cardamom powder to it and mix it.
Step 4- In the fourth step, put 1/4 cup water in a pan and heat it. Add jaggery in it and let it heat. Boil it until one string of jaggery syrup is ready. After this turn off the gas. Let the syrup cool down a bit, then pour the entire mixture from the mixing bowl into the syrup and mix well. The mixture will thicken well after 1-2 minutes of adding it.
Step 5- In the fifth and last step, apply ghee on the bottom of a plate or tray, spread the mixture in it and let it cool. When the mixture cools down, make protein balls by tying laddus of your desired size. After they dry, they can also be stored in an airtight container.