Chai Tea

Chai Tea is big in my house, but it uses sugar and milk. So I decided to try and tweak a few ingredients to make it better for my husband and me. We use tea granules that we get at the local Indian store, but you can find them in almost any store; just make sure they are not instant tea granules before purchasing them.

Ingredients:

2 cups water

1 tbsp freshly grated ginger

1 tbsp tea granules

1/2 cup almond milk

4-6 packets Stevia

In a medium pot combine water and ginger, and bring to a boil.  Once boiling add the tea granules.  Continue to boil the mixture for 10-15 min, but be careful not to let it overflow.  Lastly, add almond milk and Stevia to the tea to taste. Pour into cups using a strainer, and  enjoy your healthy Indian ginger Chai Tea!!

Healthy Hawla

Hawla is one of my husband's favorite Indian sweet treats, and it is loaded with sugar!  Well no longer will I deprive my husband of his favorite treat from home.  I have made his favorite treat healthy, and you can not tell the two apart!

Ingredients: 

2-3 bags large carrots

2 cups original unsweetened almond milk

2 cups xylitol

10 cardamoms

1/2 cup chopped cashews

1/2-1 tbsp ghee or organic butter

Peel the carrots by hand, and then shred them in your food processor (or you can crate them by hand). Place the grated carrots in a pressure cooker with almond milk and cook until the pressure cooker gives two whistles.  If you don't have a pressure cooker, you can boil the mixture for 10-15 minutes.  Transfer the carrots from the pressure cooker to a large heavy pot heated at a low temperature; add in your xylitol and ground cardamoms.  The mixture will need to simmer for about 1-2 hours on low to get rid of all the liquid.  Near the end, in a separate pan sauté cashews in ghee or organic butter.  Lastly, add your sautéed cashews to your Halwa, and mix up well.  Serve this treat warm.  Enjoy!