Healthy tea time Indian style snack mix with Oats, Flattened Rice & Nuts.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: Not specified
  • Cook time: Not specified
  • Total time: Not specified
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Recipes
  • Cuisine: Kitchen notes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup oats (old fashioned)
  • ½ cup poha (flattened rice)
  • ½ cup rise krispies
  • 2 tablespoons whole almonds
  • 1.5 tablespoon chana dal (split garbanzo bean)
  • 2 tablespoons peanuts
  • 2 tablespoons coconut (shredded & unsweetened)
  • 1-2 whole dried red chili
  • 8 curry leaves
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon powder
  • 2 teaspoons oil
  • ¼ teaspoon chat masala [optional]
  • salt (to taste)

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
  2. Place oats, almonds, poha (flattened rice) and rise krispies on a baking mat.
  3. Roast till nicely fragrant, around 15 minutes. Transfer mixture to a bowl and set aside.
  4. Heat 2 teaspoons of oil on medium heat. Once the oil is hot, add the chana dal.
  5. Fry the dal till it's golden brown in color. Drain on a paper towel.
  6. In the same pan, now add curry leaves and whole dried red chili (broken).
  7. Cook till curry leaves turn crisp, 1-2 minutes. Drain curry leaves and whole dried red chili on paper towel.
  8. Now in the same pan, add peanuts and saute till golden brown in color and drain on a paper towel.
  9. Add coconut to the same pan and saute till fragrant and light golden in color. Drain on a paper towel.
  10. Now take the oats mixture and add all the things that you fried into it - peanuts, lentils, curry leaves, coconut, and dried red chili.
  11. Add salt, sugar, cinnamon powder and chaat masala (optional) and mix.
  12. Store in an airtight container and enjoy with a cup of chai.

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.