Prep Time: 08 Hour

Cook Time: No cooking involved

 Servings: 4 Servings

Pumpkin seeds milk is a wonderful way to add these healthful green seeds to your diet. Pumpkin seeds are a storehouse of various minerals and vitamins and are known to promote bone health, amongst numerous other health benefits. Pumpkin seeds milk has a subtle sweet flavour and is not very distinctive. It is thereby a simple replacement to dairy milk, especially for kids.

Ingredients

• Pumpkin seeds: 1 cups (without shells)
• Dates syrup or honey: 1 tbsp or as desired
• Cinnamon: ½ tsp
• Nutmeg powder: ¼ tsp
• Water: 2 cups
• Muslin Cloth

Method

• Soak the pumpkin seeds overnight or for 6-7 hours.
• Put the soaked pumpkin seeds in a blender with 2 cups of water and add the honey or dates syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg. Blend well.
• Now strain the contents through a muslin cloth or a nut milk bag.
• Serve the milk and enjoy!
   

• Wellcure Tip:

• Variation - you could add raw cacao powder to get a chocolatey flavour.
• For a quicker version, soak pumpkin seeds in hot water for about an hour and continue with the recipe.
• You could make a large batch and store in the fridge. Stays good for 3 days.
   

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  Eating Guide:

• Food Group: Seeds
• Seeds are whole foods and a natural source of good fats. Hence a great addition to your diet.
• A simple way to add the goodness of seeds to kids’ intake.
• Could have it as an evening snack or at night, before going off to bed.

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