Mocha balls with hazelnut okara

The mocha balls with hazelnut okara is the nutritious snack ideal to pamper yourself in the afternoon. The combination of coconut, hazelnut, coffee and chocolate is so delicious that having just one ball will be a difficult task to achieve.

They are also so easy to make and transport that can be stored in your bag and taken as if it were an energy bar.

It is a very good recipe for give out the okara that is generated when you prepare vegetable drinks at home.

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You may be wondering what is okara and how to get it. Any of the 2 questions are very easy to solve, but let's go in parts.

The soy pulp formed by the insoluble parts that remain in the filter when we crush the seeds is traditionally called okara. to make milk or soy drink.

By extension, the term okara serves to group any type of pulp that has been used to prepare vegetable drinks already done with cereals such as oats, with nuts like almonds, etc.

The good thing about it the okara is that it can be reused but we do not always know how to integrate it into our diet. The easiest thing is to add it to vegetable creams, although it is also a good ingredient for making pastry recipes.

These I make balls with the okara that I have left when I prepare at home hazelnut milk but you can prepare them with other types such as almond okara or the walnut okara.

Each ball is a little flavor bomb made up of ingredients as rich as coconut, hazelnuts, chocolate and coffee that They will give you enough energy to get to dinner without hunger.

They are very easy to make and this recipe is you can use to cook with children. To be suitable for the smallest of the house, you can suppress the coffee and they will be just as rich.

The only thing you have to bear in mind is that, depending on how wet the okara is, the dough used to make the balls may be slightly dry and crumbly. But do not worry, as I indicate in the recipe, it is solved by putting a little vegetable milk and integrating it. Nor does it need to be a lot, just enough to compact the dough a bit.

Coconut sugar provides delicious flavor notes but if you like it sweeten with other ingredients I would opt for the date paste. I haven't tried it yet but I think it would work very well.

Also many units come out, with what you will have enough for the whole family to enjoy a few different and flavorful bites for several days.

If kept refrigerated, they keep well in the fridge for 6 to 7 days. They are also very easy to transport, put them in a small boat and take them wherever you want.

More information - Blueberry Muffins with Okara / Almond okara cookies, / Hazelnut and anise milk / Almond milk / Nut milk / Date paste

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