Valentines day special recipe - Healthy apple crumble

Impress your loved one this Valentine's day with this healthy dessert recipe -- Apple crumble.

The fruit has many benefits and the recipe dished from it make you go weak on your knees that's what apple crumble is. Soft mushy apple combined with crunchy ingredients goes best with coffee or as a light dessert. Here's a healthy version of the traditional apple crumble that you can try this Valentine's day to woo your man or woman:

Ingredients:

2 cups sliced apples (unpeeled)

1 tbsp brown sugar

2 small sticks cinnamon (dalchini)

tsp lemon juice

cup quick cooking rolled oats

1 tbsp wheat bran

2 tbsp chopped walnuts (akhrot)

1 tbsp chopped almonds (badam)

2 tbsp raisins (kismis)

tsp cinnamon (dalchini) powder

tsp vanilla essence

tsp low-fat butter for greasing

Recipe:

1. Combine cup of water, brown sugar, cinnamon sticks and lemon juice in a broad non-stick pan, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 30 seconds or till the brown sugar dissolves completely.
2. Add the apples, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 7 to 8 minutes or till the apples turn soft.
3. Discard the cinnamon and keep aside to cool slightly.
4. Combine all the remaining ingredients in a broad non-stick pan and lightly roast them on a slow flame for 2 minutes. Keep aside to cool slightly.
5. Transfer the mixture into a bowl and keep aside to cool slightly.
6. Grease a baking dish lightly using low-fat butter.
7. Spread the stewed apples at the base of a baking dish and spread the muesli evenly over it.
8. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200 C (400 F) for 10 minutes or till the muesli turns golden brown in colour.

   Serve immediately.

Here's a video to guide you on how to make the apple crumble

Video Source: Tarla Dalal/Youtube

Image Source: Shutterstock

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