Chocolate Basil pudding

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cup ‏Sarda Farms milk
• 5-6 tablespoons ‏Basil or chia seeds (sabja)
• 1/3 cup ‏chopped dates
• 2-3 tablespoons ‏cocoa powder
• ‏Flaked almonds or pistachios for garnish (optional)
• ‏Sliced bananas for garnish (optional)

Method

Soak the chopped dates in ¼ cup warm milk.

Blend to a chunky paste in the mixer.

Stir together the remaining milk, date paste, cocoa powder and basil seeds in a bowl.

Fill 1 large or 2-3 small serving bowls/glasses with the pudding mixture and refrigerate for 3-4 hours. Stir a few times to ensure that the basil seeds are equally distributed.

Once the pudding thickens serve garnished with the nut flakes and sliced bananas (if using)

Notes: Basil seeds are easily found in most grocery stores in India. You can also use Chia seeds

The basil seeds when soaked in any liquid swell up and thus help the pudding to thicken. Using lesser amount of basil seeds may make the pudding thinner, which can be served as a drink.