Amritsar-based nutritionist offers health on platter

GS Paul

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 13

Twentyone-year-old Jasmine Kaur has completed her bachelor’s in Nutrition and Dietetics from Lovely Professional University (LPU), Jalandhar. She had a flair for cooking since childhood, but her expertise in nutrition motivated her to make most of her passion. The free time at home made it easy for her to hone her skills.

Unleashing her creative side amid lockdown, she came up with several mouth-watering desserts during lockdown. Besides, she gained expertise in baking customised desserts, which are vegan, gluten-free and sugar-free.

“The culinary habits of people have completely changed after the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, people want healthy food prepared in hygienic conditions. As they avoid having it from outside, they try to prepare it at home as per their taste taking help of the online videos of recipes. However, one cannot completely rely on online videos. So, I wanted to bake healthy, hygienic and delicious desserts, including a variety of cakes, donuts, breads, pastries and many other items,” said Jasmine.

She further said, “For people suffering with various diseases such as diabetes and Celiac, healthy options are quite limited. So, I decided to bake gluten-free, refined flour-free and sugar-free desserts in order to satiate their taste buds. Also, for the ones who cannot digest lactose, vegan desserts are the option. Only a few people in Amritsar have options for such customised desserts. Not only ailing people, even the healthy ones should also prefer these harmless bakery items in order to keep themselves healthy.”

She, however, takes extra efforts to add fibre-rich fruits and other ingredients to the desserts, to make it healthy.

“Ever since I started displaying desserts on my Facebook page ‘Baker’s Studio’ and Instagram handle @bakersstudio.asr, there has been a rising demand among residents. So, I am planning to launch a bakery in my own home,” she added.

Her father, Jaswinder Singh, a social activist, said, “I never imposed my choices on my children. I have always believed in guiding them. If my daughter’s art can make a difference in somebody’s life, I have no issues with that.”