Roasted chevro / chevdo

Name: Roasted chevro / chevdo
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 4 cups thin pawa /poha , (dried cooked flattened rice); 1/2 cup whole almonds; 1/2 cup whole cashew nuts; 1/2 small red peanuts; 1/2 melon seeds; 1/2 golden raisins; 1/2 cup daria / dalia (roasted split chickpeas – available in Indian shops); 2 teaspoons tumeric; 2 teaspoons sugar; salt to taste; powdered red chillis to taste; 1 tablespoon oil; 1 teaspoon aniseed; 2 teaspoons sesame seeds; 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds; 12-14 curry leaves; 3-4 cloves

Main Dish

Easy

40 min

Preparation

Preparation15 min

Cook time25 min

Warm the oven to 150 degrees centigrade or 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix the Tumeric, salt, sugar and red chili powder in a small bowl.
Place the pawa / poha in 2 large trays and bake for 10 minutes.
Place in a large container and Stir in the tumeric mix. Don’t worry if the mix does not look yellow, the colour will develop.
Place the raisins on a baking tray, spray with a little oil, bake for about 5 minutes or until the raisins swell up into tiny balls.
Turn up the temperature 175 degrees centigrade / 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake the Almonds, Cashews nut for 15 minutes.
Melon seeds, peanuts and daria / dalia for 10 minutes. Mix the raisins and nuts with the pawa / poha.
Heat the oil in a small frying pan, fry the aniseed, sesame seeds mustard seeds, curry leaves and cloves and add to the chevro mix.