Ingredients and method to make this chivda
5 cups Rice Krispies (see notes)
1/2 cup raw peanuts/mungphali/kadalai (see notes)
1/2 cup raw mixed nuts (almonds/badam, cashews/kaju, pistachios/pista)(see notes)
2/3 cup dark raisins (kishmish)
5 tsp brown sesame seeds (til/ellu)(optional)
3 tbsp oil
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera/jeeragam)
4 Thai or Indian variety green chillies cut very fine (hari mirch/pachai molagai)( or according to taste )
1/8 tsp of cumin powder (jeera powder) (optional)
1/4 tsp chili powder (lal mirch) (optional)
salt to taste (namak/uppu)
1/2 tsp sugar (shakkar/sakkarai) (optional)
Heat oil in a large pan.Add the cumin seeds and the green chillies to it.
When the green chillies splutter a little and the skin of the green chillies start turning a little white,lower heat and add the raw peanuts and saute for a few minutes until the peanuts get roasted.
Maintain heat at low to medium low and add other nuts and stir until the other nuts get lightly roasted. Then add sesame seeds and stir for about a few seconds on low to medium low heat. They will begin to pop a little. Add raisins and stir a few times.
Add cumin powder and chili powder if using and mix well. Add rice krispies and mix well.
Add salt to taste and sugar and mix well.
Cool the entire mixture thoroughly before storing in an air tight container.
Enjoy this healthy snack.
Notes:
Any combination of nuts can be used in this recipe in addition to peanuts, sometimes I use a combination of cashews, pistachios and almonds. The time that I took the stepwise pics I used only almonds, cut in half.
If you have roasted variety of nuts, then add them stir a few times, then continue with the rest of the recipe. It will definitely be much quicker with roasted nuts.
If you do not have rice krispies you can also use puffed rice (kurmura/murmura) in its place
The most convenient thing about this snack is that adjustments are so easy to make, if it has a little bit more heat/spiciness than you expected, just add 1/2 a cup or 1 cup more of rice krispies, mix well and it gets corrected :)
5 cups Rice Krispies (see notes)
1/2 cup raw peanuts/mungphali/kadalai (see notes)
1/2 cup raw mixed nuts (almonds/badam, cashews/kaju, pistachios/pista)(see notes)
2/3 cup dark raisins (kishmish)
5 tsp brown sesame seeds (til/ellu)(optional)
3 tbsp oil
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera/jeeragam)
4 Thai or Indian variety green chillies cut very fine (hari mirch/pachai molagai)( or according to taste )
1/8 tsp of cumin powder (jeera powder) (optional)
1/4 tsp chili powder (lal mirch) (optional)
salt to taste (namak/uppu)
1/2 tsp sugar (shakkar/sakkarai) (optional)
Heat oil in a large pan.Add the cumin seeds and the green chillies to it.
When the green chillies splutter a little and the skin of the green chillies start turning a little white,lower heat and add the raw peanuts and saute for a few minutes until the peanuts get roasted.
Maintain heat at low to medium low and add other nuts and stir until the other nuts get lightly roasted. Then add sesame seeds and stir for about a few seconds on low to medium low heat. They will begin to pop a little. Add raisins and stir a few times.
Add cumin powder and chili powder if using and mix well. Add rice krispies and mix well.
Add salt to taste and sugar and mix well.
Cool the entire mixture thoroughly before storing in an air tight container.
Enjoy this healthy snack.
Notes:
Any combination of nuts can be used in this recipe in addition to peanuts, sometimes I use a combination of cashews, pistachios and almonds. The time that I took the stepwise pics I used only almonds, cut in half.
If you have roasted variety of nuts, then add them stir a few times, then continue with the rest of the recipe. It will definitely be much quicker with roasted nuts.
If you do not have rice krispies you can also use puffed rice (kurmura/murmura) in its place
The most convenient thing about this snack is that adjustments are so easy to make, if it has a little bit more heat/spiciness than you expected, just add 1/2 a cup or 1 cup more of rice krispies, mix well and it gets corrected :)
