Roasted oats chivda is a savory mixture of roasted oats, nuts, spices and herbs.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 15 minutes
  • Total time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 2 · 2 to 3
  • Category: Snacks
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • 1 cup oats ((quick cooking oats))
  • 1 tablespoon oil for tempering
  • 5 to 6 almonds
  • 5 to 6 cashews
  • 1 tablespoon peanuts
  • 1 tablespoon golden raisins
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • 1 pinch asafoetida ((hing))
  • 1 to 2 green chilies (- sliced or slit)
  • 8 to 10 curry leaves
  • salt as per taste

Method

roasting oats

  1. Measure all the ingredients and keep them separately in a plate or bowl.
  2. Heat a kadai first. Reduce the flame to a low and then add 1 cup quick cooking oats in a hot kadai or pan.
  3. Roast the oats on a low flame. Do keep stirring continuously while roasting oats.
  4. When the oats become light brown in color and are fragrant & crisp, then switch off the flame. Just ensure they don't brown too much.
  5. Transfer the oats in another plate.

roasting oats chivda ingredients

  1. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in the same pan. Add 1 tablespoon of peanuts and fry them till they become crunchy and their color changes.
  2. Place the peanuts on a plate lined with a kitchen paper towel.
  3. Then add fry 5 to 6 almonds till they become crisp and light brown in color.
  4. Remove them and place the almonds on the same plate lined with paper towel.
  5. Similarly fry 5 to 6 cashews till they become golden. Remove them and keep aside.
  6. Fry the raisins till they swell and become plump. Keep aside.
  7. Keep the flame to a low. Then in the same pan, add 8 to 10 curry leaves, 1 to 2 chopped green chilies and a pinch of asafoetida.
  8. Add ½ teaspoon of sugar. Stir and saute for some seconds till the green chilies and curry leaves become crisp.

making oats chivda

  1. Add the remaining fried ingredients - peanuts, raisins and cashews. Mix very well.
  2. Then add the roasted oats.
  3. Mix the oats mixture very well. sprinkle salt as required.
  4. On a low flame, saute for 2 to 3 mins. Then switch off the flame. Remove and keep aside in a separate plate.
  5. Let the chivda mixture cool at room temperature and then store in an air-tight box and container. Serve the oats chivda as tea time snack or as a diwali savory snack.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.