Roasted Cashew nuts or Roasted Kaju with step by step pictures. This roasted spicy cashews has spices, curry leaves added to them which makes them an addictive snack. This spicy cashews is a great snack to serve as appetizers or as a snack with drinks too.
Roasted Cashews
Our family friend bought couple pounds of good quality cashews all the way from goa. I was thinking to make some cashew snacks using that for quite a long time. Finally couple days back i made this and a honey roasted cashews. Both of them turned out wonderful, planning to make many more flavours as well.
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About Roasted Cashews
Cashews are high in healthy fats, including monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. These nuts are also a low-protein source. I enjoy a handful of cashews any time of the day. Specially if it is roasted cashews.
Roasting cashews at home is super easy. The advantage of making roasted cashews at home is, you can customize it as per your taste. You can make it sweet like honey roasted cashews or make this spicy roasted cashews.
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Roasted Cashews Ingredients
Whole Cashews - Cashews have a rich nutty flavour that is similar to that of almonds or peanuts. It has a slightly sweet taste to it. Try to source best quality cashews for taste.
Curry leaves - Curry leaves add more herbal flavour, similar to basil or kaffir lime.
Butter or Ghee - for roasting cashew, you can use either butter or ghee. I personally prefer ghee for its toasty flavour.
Spice powders - I used chilli powder and chat masala powder for the taste.
How to Make Roasted Cashews (Stepwise Pictures)
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| Take raw cashews in a dry pan |
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| toast till lightly toasted..if you use already roasted ones, skip this |
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| set aside.. |
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| melt some butter or ghee in a pan |
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| add cashews |
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| coat in butter |
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| now toast this on a low heat for 5 to 8 mins |
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| after it is toasted, add curry leaves |
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| cook till it gets crispy |
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| now take it off the heat, add salt |
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| chilli powder |
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| chat masala |
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| mix well |
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| done |
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| Serve |
Expert Tips
- You can use already roasted or unroasted cashews in this recipe.
- Instead of using cashews, you can use almonds, pecans as well.
- Roasted cumin powder, little black pepper powder can be used.
- If you are using butter, make sure it is melted before adding cashews.
- Make sure you roast cashews on low heat so it gets evenly roasted.
FAQ
Where did cashews originally come from?
The cashew tree is indigenous to northeastern Brazil. During the late 16th century, Portuguese missionaries introduced it to East Africa and India, where it became abundant at low altitudes near the seacoast.
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Roasted Cashews Recipe | Roasted Spicy Cashews Recipe
Equipment
- Cooking pot
Ingredients
- 2 cups Whole Cashews
- 2 tbsp Butter or Ghee
- 2 sprig Curry leaves
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Chilli Powder
- 1 tsp Chat Masala
Instructions
- Heat little butter in a pan, add in cashews and toast it till golden. This has to be done on a low heat. It will take around 10 mins.
- Now add in curry leaves and cook till it crisp up. Now take it off the heat and add salt and other spices. Toss well. Cool this down. Store in an air tight container and serve.
Notes
- You can use already roasted or unroasted cashews in this recipe.
- Instead of using cashews, you can use almonds, pecans as well.
- Roasted cumin powder, little black pepper powder can be used.
- If you are using butter, make sure it is melted before adding cashews.
- Make sure you roast cashews on low heat so it gets evenly roasted.
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