The Best Gluten-Free Namkeen (Trail Mix) with Lotus seeds and Peanuts
Namkeens are the perfect companion to snack on when you’re working on that tricky deliverable and you need your creative juices to do their magic. They are paired best with Indian tea (Chai). This recipe offers you a delicious blend of freshly crushed spices mixed with roasted ingredients, gram, peanuts, and lotus seeds. Roasted gram and peanuts are excellent sources of protein and lotus seeds are packed with bioactive compounds like alkaloid, flavonoids.
Is this healthy?
This recipe uses very little oil and with all the ingredients dry roasted, you need not worry about calories. The spice blend is packed with the goodness of coriander, cumin, and mango powder. The tangy taste from mango powder adds a fantastic kick to this recipe.
What are the substitutes for mango powder?
Mango powder can easily be substituted with citric acid or pomegranate powder.
The Best Gluten-free Roasted Namkeen (Trail Mix) with Lotus seeds, Chickpeas and Peanuts
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- 2 cups Lotus seeds Gluten-free
- 2 cups Peanuts
- 2 cups Roasted gram/ Chana dal Gluten-free
- 1 tbsp Vegetable oil
Spice Mix
- 1 pinch Asafetida Gluten-free
- 1 tsp Regular salt
- ½ tsp Black salt optional, can be substituted with regular salt
- 15 Black peppercorns
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1 tbsp Coriander seeds
- 1 tsp Mango powder
- 1 tsp Red Chilli powder
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Fennel seeds
Instructions
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 325 °F. In a tray, spread out the lotus seeds and bake for 3-4 minutes. The lotus seeds will turn slightly golden and crunchy.
- Take out the lotus seeds and on the baking tray, put the peanuts and bake at 325 °F for 4 minutes. The peanuts will turn glossy and slightly darker in color.
Spice Mix
- Add all the spices in the blender and grind them into a coarse powder.
The Final Assembly
- In a pan on medium heat, add the oil. When the oil is warm, add roasted chana dal and saute for 1 minute. Add in the lotus seeds and peanuts and cook for another 2 minutes stirring continuously.
- Reduce heat to low and add in the spice mix, stir together for 30 seconds and turn off the heat.
- Keep stirring for 1-2 minutes to avoid burning. Enjoy with a nice cup of chai!