Beat the heat - Sugar free Vegan Strawberry Ice Cream

Most of you must be wondering about so many beverage recipes coming up here lately. But it is summer time and with seasonal fruits in abundance,  it is very easy to live on milk shakes, juices and smoothies during the hot weather. In few places this is the time for summer school break for kids and that means lot of running around and entertaining the kids. So with less time to spend in the kitchen and frequent need to feed small hungry tummies thought that I will share my quick and easy to make recipes with you all. Most of the recipes are so simple, you can involve your kids to make it or if the kids are little older instruct them to make on their own. Healthy, simple home made stuff ready in minutes. This ice cream recipe is so simple to make and tastes great. Not to leave the point, is made without sugar and with protein rich nuts, coconut milk and vitamin c rich strawberries. Now let us get on to this recipe and do try this and let me know your feedback.



Preparation Time - 10 Minutes

Cooking Time - 10 Minutes





Ingredients

Coconut Milk - 4 Cups

Xylitol - 1 1/2 Cups or to taste depending on the taste of strawberries

Cashews - 1 Cup

Agar Agar Flakes - 4 Tbsp

Strawberry - 25 (Pureed and chilled)

Method



1) Soak the cashews in enough water and leave it for 3-4 hours.



2) Soak the agar agar flakes in warm coconut milk and let this soften for 30 minutes.



3) Simmer the coconut milk along with agar agar flakes and xylitol till the agar agar flakes are dissolved.



4) Strain this to filter any undissolved agar agar flakes and let this cool for 30-40 minutes(luke warm)



5) Now grind the cashews into a fine paste adding just enough coconut milk and once it becomes a smooth paste add the rest of the coconut milk and blend for a second.



6) Place the coconut milk and cashew mixture in a refrigerator and let this cool for an hour. Now take it out and blend in a powerful blender like vitamix for few minutes along with the strawberry puree and  transfer the contents to an ice cream maker and process according to its instructions.



Note - In store bought ice creams a variety of stabilizers are used for a better texture and to prevent the ice cream from melting rapidly. Because agar agar is a vegetarian stabilizer and a much healthier choice I went for that. You can also use Corn starch or Arrowroot starch in place of agar agar.

Events



This goes to Healing Foods Berries event hosted by Smitha an event started by Siri.

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