Dates milkshake (khajoor shake) is power packed with healthy nutrients, protein, and fiber, and best idea to add in breakfast to lead a happy, agile, and productive day. Here is the simple and quick 3 ingredients recipe of date shake without ice cream.
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This energy-packed milkshake recipe will hardly take 5 minutes to prepare with naturally soft and sweet dates. No preservatives or artificial sweeteners are added to this recipe. Give it try! especially incorporate it into the daily diet of growing kids. Healthy, low carb, and gluten-free. Simply skip the milk with plant-based milk to make it vegan.
Here are some more ideas of healthy milkshake and smoothies that might be exciting for you: Strawberry Lassi, Rooh Afza drink, Milk Sharbat, and Strawberry Kiwi Smoothie.
About Dates Milkshake
Dates and milk are the best combinations to start your day. It's a complete meal in terms of vitamins and nutrients and keeps you fill for a long time.
My mother used to say, have breakfast like a king so this milkshake recipe falls in that category as it's extremely healthy and improves your agility in a healthy and productive manner.
Soft, and flashy dates are best to make this 3 ingredient milkshake recipe. As it helps to blend well with milk. If you have hard dates, soak them in milk for 2 hours or before night and shake them in the morning. It will blend well and give you the best flavor.
Homemade dates milkshake healthy and better options as compared to store bought that contain artificial sweeteners, and preservatives to store for long time.
Dates Milkshake Health Benefit
Dates are highly energetic, healthy, and packed with high nutrient values. You may incorporate this in your family diet especially recommended for growing bodies (kids). Contains antioxidants, balances blood sugar, helps to reduce blood pressure, works as a memory booster, maintains boon mass, and has many other benefits of having dates.
Date milkshake is so common as it doubles the benefit if you blend them with milk. Also, increases the filling effect to prevent eating extra foo
Ingredients
Dates: Used soft, juicy, and chewy dates to make dates milkshake. It will blend well in milk and give a smooth texture to milkshake.
Honey: Dates are naturally sweet so take that benefit. Used honey as a natural sweetener.
Milk: Use full-fat milk to make a creamy, rich, and smooth texture of dates milkshake.
How to Make Dates Milkshake
Wash and dry the dates and remove the seeds. Make a cut from the middle and easily remove the seed.
In a blender, add chilled milk, and deseeded dates, and drizzle honey.
Give it a good blend for few minutes to make it creamy and smooth in texture.
Pour in a glass and serve.
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Dates Milkshake Video
Tips & Variations
- Use soft dates to make the restaurant-style date shake.
- Avoid sugar as dates are naturally sweet so take that benefit. Add honey as a natural sweetener.
- Date shake without ice cream have better taste. Must try with 3 ingredients and you will feel the difference. It will be high in calories if using ice cream.
- Add banana with dates to 2x the benefits.
- You can also make date shake with almonds. Soak the almonds for 2 hours before blending in milk.
- Few drops of vanilla or pineapple essence will add a new aroma and flavor to dates milkshake. Try it with different combinations to enjoy it.
- Add Nutella if making for picky kids. They will love the taste.
How To Store
It's n preferred to consume immediately as it will lose the taste. Don't refrigerate for more than 12 hours. Blend again if using after some time refresh the ingredients.
Serving
If serving in breakfast then serve with scrambled egg whites to maintain the healthy breakfast routine.
If serving in a party then make a combo with some party foods. I personally love to make date rolls and have it as an alternative of chocolate.
Ramadan is just approaching in a few days, and the fast seems incomplete without dates to make it as Ramadan drink to start your iftar.
Q & A
Yes, you can. Dates shake will take less time and also blend well with milk.
Khajoor are dates in Urdu, Tamr in Arabic and Hurmah in Turkish. So this dates milkshake is also called khajoor shake.
Soft, chewy and juicy dates are best for milkshake as it blends well with milk in a smooth texture. Ajawa, Medjool, Omani, and Irani dates are good to use.
Soak the hard dates in milk in warm milk. Give it soaking time. Best to soak at night if you want to make it in breakfast. After soaking the dates will get soft and easily blend in a smooth texture.
If you think the dates are extremely hard then cook it in milk for few minutes and let them soak for few minutes. It will quickly get soft and easily blend.
Morning - Best to have in breakfast.
You can also take it an hour before workout as it will help to maintain energy level.
Well, if you consume dates with full fat milk and artificial sugar then it will definitely help to gain weight. On the other hand, date shake with skimmed milk with natural sugar like honey can help to reduce weight. Blend 2 to 3 dates with skimmed milk.
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Dates Milkshake (Khajoor Shake Recipe)
Ingredients
- 6 Dates
- 1 teaspoon Honey
- 250 ml Milk Use plant based milk for vegan
Instructions
- Wash and dry the dates and remove the seeds. Make a cut from middle and easily remove the seed.
- In a blender, add chilled milk, deseeded dates and drizzle honey.
- Give it a good blend for few minutes to make it creamy and smooth in texture.
- Pour in glasses and serve.
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Notes
- Use soft dates to make the restaurant-style date shake.
- Avoid sugar as dates are naturally sweet so take that benefit.
- Add honey as a natural sweetener. Date shake without ice cream have better taste.
- Must try with 3 ingredients and you will feel the difference. It will be high in calories if using ice cream.
- Add banana with dates to 2x the benefits.
- You can also make date shake with almonds. Soak the almonds for 2 hours before blending in milk.
- Few drops of vanilla or pineapple essence will add a new aroma and flavor to dates milkshake.
- Try it with different combinations to enjoy it. Add Nutella if making for picky kids. They will love the taste.
Nutrition
This recipe has been updated with more information and high-resolution pictures on 27 January 2023.
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