Roasted chevro / chevdo

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

Preparation

• 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.

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