Vegan Date & Nut Indian Sweets

Ingredients:

Ingredients for about 25 1-inch balls:

• 400g dried dates
• 150g Almonds
• 150g de-shelled pistachios
• An additional 20g of de-shelled pistachios for garnishing
• 5 cardamom pods

Method:

• De-seed the dates and mash them using a rolling pin, and then further mash with your hands until they become like a dough.
• Finely chop 150g of almonds and 150g of pistachio using a chefs knife or food processor.  Refer to the first 2 pictures below for how they should look once chopped.
• Separately crush the additional 20g of pistachio using a pestle and mortar until powdere
  d.  They should look like the third picture.
• Remove the skins of the cardamom and grind the seeds.
• Mix the chopped almonds, chopped pistachio and ground cardamom seeds into the date dough using your hands, adding each ingredient slowly until evenly distributed.
• Roll the dough into approximately 25 1-inch balls.
• Spread the remaining crushed pistachio onto a large plate and roll each ball around in the powder until coated evenly.
• Serve in a decorative container in mini cupcake liners.