Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, roasted cashew nuts recipe | roasted kaju | roasted cashews 2 ways is a vegetarian Indian snack made with kaju / cashew, besan / gram flour, and rice flour in about 20 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 2 cups
- Category: Snack
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
for besan coated masala kaju:
- 1 cup kaju / cashew (whole)
- ¼ cup besan / gram flour
- 2 tbsp rice flour
- ½ tsp turmeric / haldi
- 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- ½ tsp chaat masala
- pinch of hing / asafoetida
- ½ tsp salt
- 2-3 tbsp water (to coat)
- oil for deep frying
for chilli coated masala kaju:
- 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- 1 cup kaju / cashew (whole)
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
- ½ tsp salt
Method
besan coated roasted cashew nut recipe:
- firstly, mix cashew along with besan, rice flour, spices and salt.
- now add 2 tbsp of water and mix till the besan batter gets coated well to cashew.
- drop the besan coated cashew one by one into medium hot oil.
- stir occasionally and fry till cashew turn crunchy.
- also fry few curry leaves till it turns crisp.
- finally, mix curry leaves along with roasted cashew and masala cashew is ready to serve.
spiced roasted cashew nuts recipe:
- firstly heat 1 tbsp ghee and roast in 1 cup cashew nuts to golden brown.
- add in ½ tsp chilli powder, ¼ tsp turmeric and ½ tsp salt.
- mix well till the spices get coated well.
- finally, serve spiced roasted cashew nuts.
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.
