Gluten Free Desserts

We live in a world of plenty, with more than enough food to choose from. People choose foods for many reasons besides hunger. Some of them include personal taste, family preferences, emotional reasons, societal causes, cost conveniences, quality and variety.

Many people are fond of having desserts besides having the main course of food.

Dessert is a course of food that typically comes at the end of a meal. Desserts root its origin to old French meaning "to serve". Desserts are usually sweet sometimes strongly flavored. Desserts may be pastries, cakes, chocolates or cookies. Desserts for being soft and raised contain an ingredient called gluten. Gluten is a nature's miracle that is the only substance that when kneading or mixing makes the dough elastic. It is that elasticity that traps the gas making the dough to rise.

Gluten is a type of composite protein containing gliadin and glutenin. But this type of protein is not found in eggs or in meat. But found only in the wheat and barley. Occurrence of gluten is intolerable for people having celiac disease. Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine wherein it interfere the proper absorption of food. Gluten mainly damages the villi the small absorption units of small intestine.

For most people with celiac disease, even a little gluten can damage their intestines, and include symptoms like gas and bloating, changes in bowel movements, weight loss, tiredness, and weakness. That's the reason people now have turned towards gluten free diet. And our desserts are no exception.

All the desert varieties namely cakes cookies and even pastries can be made gluten-free. There are enormous gluten free recipes available and one such among them is the Ambrosia wherein wheat is avoided and the entire recipe is made of fresh fruits. It is not only a gluten-free diet but also a very good energizer since it contains fresh grated coconut, pineapple and oranges.

Since an egg doesn't contain gluten, it is highly advisable to have eggs for making the batter. and one such recipe using eggs is Almond creme caramel. Even chai can help us to make gluten free desserts and using the liquid chai the delicious chocolate chai serbet can be enjoyed.

The aromatic jasmine rice can be cooked to a moist texture without using gluten anywhere. This rice can help in making a pudding, cinnamon rice pudding with dried cherry sauce. The gluten free desserts can also be made by flourless recipes.

Desserts definitely are a great comfort food and a nice and sweet ending to a wonderful meal. Even if the meal is not great, a nice dessert can make all the difference. Sometimes having desserts is not just for resolving appetite but also for a psychological relief and lifting one's spirit. It is like celebrating the end of the meal. Why to miss all the fun with the desserts, better go gluten-free without spoiling your small intestine and also never missing the yummy delicious gluten free desserts.