MUMBAI: This lockdown period has brought to limelight the culinary skills of many of our filmstars. After Alia Bhatt recently stunned everyone with her grain-free paleo banana bread, it is now the turn of South actress Kajal Aggarwal to show off her carrot cake-baking skills. The cake is gluten free, sugar free and low calorie one.

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Carrot cake. Perfect teatime snack to satisfy those mid-day cravings. #glutenfree #sugarfree #lowcalorie #paleo #homemade (recipe courtesy: @shaanadiya ) Recipe: 11/2 cup almond flour 1/2 tsp sea salt 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg 1/2 tsp ground ginger (optional) 3 eggs 2 tbsp honey 1/8th cup coconut oil (ghee/ butter) 1.5 cups grated carrots 1/2 cup lightly toasted pecan nuts (or any nuts of your choice) 1 tbsp flax seeds (optional) 1/2 tsp orange rind (optional) 2-3 dates Mix well and bake at 180 degrees for 30-35 mins. Yummy and really easy to make  enjoy! (Ps- This was almost over within 15 mins of being transferred on a plate, hence taking a final picture was very difficult! I served it with a side of fresh banana nice-cream!) (Pps- dedicated to my darling @sejalmangal for her big 30th! )

A post shared by Kajal Aggarwal (@kajalaggarwalofficial) on Apr 7, 2020 at 7:11am PDT

Sharing a photo of the carrot cake, the actress captioned: "Carrot cake. Perfect teatime snack to satisfy those mid-day cravings. #glutenfree #sugarfree #lowcalorie #paleo #homemade (recipe courtesy: @shaanadiya )

Recipe:

• 11/2 cup almond flour

• 1/2 tsp sea salt

• 1/2 tsp baking soda

• 1 tsp ground cinnamon

• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

• 1/2 tsp ground ginger (optional)

• 3 eggs

• 2 tbsp honey

• 1/8th cup coconut oil (ghee/ butter)

• 1.5 cups grated carrots

• 1/2 cup lightly toasted pecan nuts (or any nuts of your choice)

• 1 tbsp flax seeds (optional) 1/2 tsp orange rind (optional)

• 2-3 dates

Mix well and bake at 180 degrees for 30-35 mins."

The actress added: "Yummy and really easy to make enjoy! (Ps- This was almost over within 15 mins of being transferred on a plate, hence taking a final picture was very difficult! I served it with a side of fresh banana nice-cream!)."