Inspired by: Baked apples
- Vata seasonOct – Dec in the north
- All year
Baked Apples with Dates & Cinnamon
- Serves
- 4
- Portion
- 1 apple
- Time
- 45 min
- Texture
- Very soft
- Season
- Vata season (autumn – early winter)All year
- Dosha
- Vata
- Pitta
- Kapha
Vata–Pitta
Ingredients
What you need
| Done | Ingredient | Household measure | Quantity (4 servings) | Café batch ×5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | 4 large, cored | 700 g | 3500 g | |
| Dates, seedless | 8, chopped | 60 g | 300 g | |
| Walnuts | ¼ cup chopped | 30 g | 150 g | |
| Cinnamon | ½ tsp | 1 g | 5 g | |
| Green cardamom | pinch | 0.3 g | 1.5 g | |
| Ghee (cow) | 2 tsp | 10 g | 50 g | |
| Water | ⅓ cup + 1 tbsp | 100 ml | 500 ml |
Method
How to cook it
Step 1: Mix dates, walnuts, spices and ghee; stuff the apples.
Step 2: Stand in a dish with water; cover.
Step 3: Bake at 180 °C (350 °F) 35 minutes until very soft.
Nutrition
Per serving, estimated
Low salt · 0 g per serving (low <1 g; moderate 1–1.8 g; high >1.8 g)
Where the energy comes from
Protein and carbohydrate × 4 kcal/g, fat × 9 kcal/g
Estimated from IFCT 2017 / USDA composition tables; not for clinical use.
How we made it Ayurvedic
- FromBrown sugar and butter→Todates and ghee
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