Low fat fudgesicle

Daylight saving kicks in tomorrow and summer is almost here ,and all my 3 year old ,ever asks me these days is ,-"mommy can I have an ice cream? ",and how can one say no to those big beady eyes?. Recipe dedicated to all ,Ice cream loving kids and their cool moms who can whip some up!

Ingredients:
2 cups 2%milk(substitute with almond milk for vegan version
Sugar(demerara brown granulated,increase to 3/4 cup if  using refined white) -1/2 cup
Coco powder-1/4 cup
Arrowroot starch -2 tbs (substitute corn starch if not available)
Bitter sweet chocolate -1/4 cup
Pinch of salt
Ghee or butter-1 tbs
Vanilla extract-2tsp

• start by adding your 2%milk and sugar to a heavy bottom sauce pan 
• now to this add coca power and the measured out starch,now here I'm using arrowroot powder to thicken up this chocolate sauce but ,if u don't want to or don't have it handy you can just substitute it with corn starch,
•  mix everything well making sure there are no lumps and transfer to a medium low heat,
• add in the chocolate chips and cook until the mixture turns into a thick sauce
• next turn off the heat ,add vanilla extract and  butter ,combine and let cool 
• transfer into molds ,freeze minimum of  6 hours and enjoy ,

     There you have your very own low fat, easy homemade treat .These fudgesicles can be as low as 70 calories per serving depending on the size of mold you choose
Here is a quick video tutorial:

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Skinny Dahi vada -low fat,no fry recipe (spicy lentil dumplings dunked in yogurt sauce)

Dahi vada or thayir vadai is a popular snack from India ,in which deep fried lentil dumplings are soaked in yogurt sauce .Here is something I tried to lighted it up and make it a diet-friendly recipe, so that it could be enjoyed guilt free more often.

Ingredients
urad dhal 1/2 cup
mung dhal-1/4 cup
almond-4 whole
salt and pepper to taste
thick yogurt -1 cup
oil for spraying
chaat masala for garnish

•  start by measuring the urad dhal and the mung dhal,rise and soak for minimum of four hours
• add almonds and grind everything to a smooth paste with the the help of a little water 
• now season with salt and pepper ,mix and keep aside 
• for the sauce take one cup of thick yogurt ,season with some salt and if you prefer add a bit of chaat masala at this stage
• grease a paniyaram(also called aebleskiver pan ) pan and pour in the batter about 3/4 full 
• give it a spray and let cook for a few more minutes before flipping it on the other side 
• repeat until all the batter is used up
• soak these vadai in the yogurt sauce for a minimum of an hour and finish off with some chaat masala sprinkled on top 
•  serve this cold right out of the refrigerator with some sweet and hot chutneys  

Here is a quick tutorial :

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