MIXTURE /CHIVDA- Savoury Spicy Indian Granola
 
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A perfect tea time treat: chivda, savory granola. It's a sweet and spicy treat made with puffed wheat, flattened rice, cornflakes, nuts, and all sorts of goodness.
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Recipe type: Snack
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
  • 2 cups puffed wheat
  • 2 cups flattened rice/poha/avval, the thin variety(since we don't deep fry it)
  • 1 cup lotus seeds
  • 1 cup unsweetened corn flakes
  • 3 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • pinch of asafoetida
  • 10 curry leaves
  • 2 green chillies, thinly sliced
  • ⅓ cup roasted channa
  • ½ cup raw peanuts
  • ⅓ cup raw cashews
  • 1 tbsp chili powder
  • ⅓ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp salt, powder it
  • 1 tbsp confectioners sugar/powdered sugar
  • ½ cup thick sev/chickpea noodles
  • ½ cup raisins or cranberries
Instructions
  1. On medium heat, keep a large bottomed flat pan. Add the puffed wheat and keep tossing and toasting. It will take about 10 minutes. Don't let it brown, toast it on medium and low to get it crispy, take it out on a large plate, set aside to cool.
  2. Fry and toast the flattened rice on medium heat and toast until crispy and white. Set aside.
  3. Toast the lotus seeds well until crispy for about 10 minute on low heat and set aside.
  4. In a large pan that can fit everything, add oil and let it get hot. Add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and asafoetida. Add the green chilies, roasted channa, raw peanuts, cashew and toast it well on medium to low heat. Add the chili powder, turmeric powder and toast 30 seconds on low heat. Once the peanuts are toasted, add the toasted puffed wheat, flattened poha/rice, lotus seeds, corn flakes, salt and sugar. Mix everything very well, incorporate well. Keep tossing for 5 minutes on low heat. Turn off the heat and take it on a baking sheet. Add the sev/chickpea noodles and raisins or cranberries.
  5. Let cool completely and keep it in a airtight container.
Notes
You can microwave the flattened rice for 30- 1 minute too for a shortcut method.
Alternatively, you can toast the puffed wheat, flattened rice and lotus seeds in a 300 degree oven for 20 minutes.
Increase the spice or reduce according to your taste.
Once completely cooled, store in an airtight container. Stays good for 10 days.
You can make this with only flattened rice and nuts.
Recipe by Food Fashion Party at https://www.foodfashionparty.com/2017/08/23/mixture-chivda/