ManoRani

Salaam everyone, Ramadan mubarak

I need some cute ideas to garnish or present kajoors or some different recipes of things to make with them. I'm having an iftar party and don't want to do the same old boring plain plate with plain kajoors on them.

Some ideas I've gotten so far:
- slice kajoor in half and stuff with crushed pistachio (cute looks like gulab jamun)
- slice kajoor in half and stuff with whip cream

Any other ideas? Please include pics if you can.

Muzna

I served majdool dates stuffed with a single almond and rolled in dried and shredded coconut with some silver to decorate last night.

Now I'm going to think of something else for the next party.....

ManoRani

that sounds awesome, I think i'll try that

TLK

How did you make shredded coconut stick to the date? Majdool's skin is soft but dry .. did you peel the skin off?

maroush

I usually use those store bought chocolate dates with an almond inside them.

Or i serve dates drizzled with coffee cream and vanilla ice cream.

Or i stuff them with pecan nuts and cream.

Or i stuff them with cream and sprinkle with pistachio nuts.

RupayHalwa

Pine nuts go well with Dates, as do Almonds.

ManoRani

I'm trying to do something exotic. Maybe stuff it with mango pulp? How does that sound?

TLK

how about pour molten chocolate inside.. you can pick dark, white and milk versions to give it different taste ....

Pareezay

khujoor is sweet as it is.. i don't know if making it any sweeter would work?

UZ

^ I agree with pareezay but nuts or ceam will be fine with them.

TLK

why do you mix so many fruits in fruit chaat, why make banana more sweeter by adding orange to it ..

xoxo ZARA xoxo

Made Date cake today... will post recipe in a while. Its kind of like cold cake... Mum liked it!
You can make the cake, when it cools down, cut into small pieces and serve as you'd serve normal dates..

ManoRani

That sounds awesome and unique! Waiting for your post Zara

Gina~

I've had dates stuffed with orange peel (cooked over slow flame with sugar) it was really nice.

Another way is to heat them up slightly.. slit them and fill them with peanut butter ( a very small amount) then coat it with crushed biscuits and nuts.

xoxo ZARA xoxo

Here it is ManoRani... (im writing the quantities too, but you can add/less acc to ur requirements)

DATE CAKE

1. Dates (remove seeds): 2 cups
2. Marie biscuits : 1 pack
3. Dessicated coconut : 1/2 cup
4. Sugar : 1/2 cup
5. Cooking Oil : 1/2 cup.

Warm cooking oil in a pan and add the mashed dates and stir thoroughly to form a paste. Add sugar and coconut and cook for further 10-15 mins... Crush marie biscuits into crumb form.Add crushed biscuits to the date mixture and cook for 5 mins. Remove from fire and spread onto a greased plate/dish. Let it cool down....
Whip some fresh cream till it becomes thick. Pour over the date cake. Cut into squares... Garnish n serve!

(Didn't use any fresh cream on mine though.....)

redvelvet

You can stuff pitted dates with whipped cream.......cream cheese........mascarpone cheese....Nutella chocolate spread..........Caramel spread/sauce. And then you add a nut of your choice in the date (almond, pistachio, pecan, walnut). Some people choose to add roasted almonds.

And then you can buy the little paper cupcake holders.......and arrange the dates in them for a fun look.

lifeless

today we put badaam in it and on then a dob of Hershey's choc syrup...refrigerate...YUMM.

xoxo ZARA xoxo

hmmm, roasted Almond in dates sounds nice...

Pareezay

oooooh, looks like we have a cooking expert here.

Chipkali

Wow, so many different ways here.. I only like mine boring & plain though