• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Yummy Tummy

Food that makes your tummy happy!

  • Home
  • About Me
  • Recipe Index
  • Categories
  • Advertisers
  • On Media
  • Contact
  • Privacy
You are here: Home / Gram Dal / Homemade Protein Bars with Muesli, Cornflakes, Nuts, Dates, Dry Fruits & Seeds

Homemade Protein Bars with Muesli, Cornflakes, Nuts, Dates, Dry Fruits & Seeds

April 9, 2013 By Aarthi 15 Comments

share this
Share

When i found lots of baggies of bits and pieces starting from muesli to cornflakes lying around my refrigerator. I want to use them all in one single recipe and it should be healthy, at the same time it should be yummy. I planned to make granola bars, but i didn’t have honey on hand. So i decided to use up the jaggery and make a protein bar. Guess what that was really a best decision. Everyone loved it a lot and it was a huge success.

This recipe is so versatile, you can modify it as per your taste and your liking. You can neglect any ingredients in this or add anything you like. For example I used up some leftover muesli, you could easily use oats in this. You can use any nuts, my choice on that day was peanuts and roasted gram dal. You could add tons of nuts and dry fruits and make this quite rich, but i sticked with the healthy option and didn’t use that much.



Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 20 to 30 mins
Makes : 16 to 18 bars


Ingredients:

Jaggery / Sarakarai – 1.5 to 2 cups Grated
Cornflakes – 1 cup crushed with hands
Muesli or Oats – 1 cup
Peanuts – 1/2 cup
Roasted Gram Dal / Porikadalai / Pottukadalai – 1/2 cup
Sultanas / Kishmish – 1/2 cup
Dates – 1/2 cup
Sesame Seeds / Yellu – 1/2 cup
Coconut Oil – 1 tblspn + more for greasing plate
Water – 1/2 cup

Method:

Take peanuts and roasted gram dal in a blender and crush them into a coarse mixture. Set them aside.

Take jaggery in a heavy bottom kadai. Add some water and mix well. Let them dissolve and come up to a boil.

Let it boil for 5 mins.

Now add in all the ingredients and coconut oil and mix well.

Keep stirring so that it gets thick and leaves the sides of the kadai. It will take around 15 mins.

Now grease a plate with oil. Transfer this mixture onto the plate and flatten it well. You could use a greased plastic sheet for this.

Let it cool down for 30 mins or so.

Now slice them into bars.

Let them cool down completely. Store them in air tight container.


Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients
Take peanuts and gram dal in a mixer
powder them coarsely
Take everything in a bowl
Take jaggery in a heavy bottom pot
Add some water to it
Mix them well
Let them boil for few mins.
Add all the ingredients in
Mix well
Add in some oil
Mix them well
Stir continuosly
Till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan
It will start to come together slowly
Now grease a plate with oil
Transfer the mixture on to the plate
Flatten them
Slice them
Enjoy

share this
Share

Filed Under: Gram Dal, Peanuts, Recent Recipes

About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

Previous Post: « Kaima Idly – Saravana Bhavan Restaurant Style
Next Post: Super Moist Eggless Brownies with Chocolate & Oreo Topping ( No Butter, No Oil ) »

Reader Interactions

Share

Comments

  1. Anonymous

    April 9, 2013 at 12:35 pm

    Hi Aarthi

    Would u have a pininterest incon for your recipes

    Thanks

    – Rupa

    Reply
  2. Rita Bose

    April 9, 2013 at 12:45 pm

    So healthy and delicious! 🙂
    http://www.rita-bose-cooking.com/

    Reply
  3. Suchi Sm

    April 9, 2013 at 2:00 pm

    looks so rich and fabulous dear… pack some here….

    Reply
  4. Aara Shaikh

    April 9, 2013 at 3:50 pm

    Looks Delicious would love to give a try soon

    sweets-n-spices.blogspot.com

    Reply
  5. nayana

    April 9, 2013 at 5:32 pm

    Loved the recipe , looks so yummy and tasty , have bookmarked it….

    Reply
  6. Anna and Liz Recipes

    April 10, 2013 at 3:56 am

    Hi Your recipes look amazing!! I will return to read some more! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

    Reply
  7. Sangeetha Nambi

    April 10, 2013 at 4:16 am

    Super healthy and tasty bars….
    http://recipe-excavator.blogspot.com

    Reply
  8. Sapana Behl

    April 10, 2013 at 5:45 am

    bars look so tasty!
    HI ! You have a nice blog with awesome clicks . I have just started following you and it would be very encouraging if you may follow me back too.
    http://cookingwithsapana.blogspot.com
    Thanks
    Sapana

    Reply
  9. Anonymous

    March 3, 2015 at 7:33 pm

    Can we use honey instead of Jaggery…

    Reply
  10. Aarthi

    March 4, 2015 at 4:49 pm

    @Anonymousjaggery is what makes this set, you can use half jaggery and half honey

    Reply
  11. Anonymous

    March 6, 2015 at 8:50 am

    Thankyou Aarthi for reply. You are my. fairygod mother!!!

    Reply
  12. Fareena

    August 6, 2015 at 9:14 am

    Could i skip the cornflakes or shud i substitute wid something else?

    Reply
  13. Aarthi

    August 8, 2015 at 5:56 am

    @Fareenau can use any cereal

    Reply
  14. Shelly

    March 30, 2017 at 8:27 am

    Hi I tried the recipe.it was very delicious. But the remained soft so I converted them and n laddoo shape n use some dry Muesli to topl it .y they did not get hard and settled

    Reply
  15. Shelly

    March 30, 2017 at 8:28 am

    And for HW long can I store them .should I store outside or in fridge

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Search here

WELCOME!
Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours! More About Me…

Recipe Posts on Yummy Tummy

  • Strawberry Muffins
  • Blender Chocolate Mousse Recipe
  • Roasted Garlic & Tomato Chutney
  • Hidden Chocolate Heart Cake
  • Strawberry Jelly Cupcakes

YUMMY TUMMY FAVORITES

Search Recipes by Categories

Archives

TRENDING VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB7Punwig-o

PICK YOUR FAVORITE

Oatmeal Recipes

Breakfast Strawberry Oatmeal Recipe

Oatmeal, Cinnamon & Apple Breakfast Muffins Recipe

Apple & Oats Porridge for Babies / Apple, Oats & Cinnamon Porridge / Oats for Babies / Homemade Oatmeal Cereal for Babies- Porridge for Babies / 6 Month Baby Food

No Bake Coconut & Cranberry Granola Bars Recipe

Footer