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Cereal chivda recipe (Chevdo)
Cereal chivda or chevdo - a healthy snack recipe for this Diwali festival. This can be a great after school snack for kids.
Course
Snack
Cuisine
Indian
Prep Time
10
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
15
minutes
minutes
Total Time
25
minutes
minutes
Servings
6
servings
Calories
315
kcal
Author
Kanan
Ingredients
▢
3
cups
Honey bunches of oats cereal
**Notes
▢
½
cup
Plain Sev
▢
2
tablespoons
Oil
▢
1
teaspoon
Cumin seeds
▢
5-6
Curry leaves
▢
2
tablespoon
Peanuts
▢
1
tablespoon
Roasted chana dal (Fried gram or daria, dalia)
▢
1
tablespoon
Cashew nuts
chopped
▢
1
tablespoon
Raisins
▢
1
teaspoon
Red chili powder
▢
¼
teaspoon
Turmeric powder
▢
Salt to taste
▢
a very small pinch or 1/16
teaspoon
Citric acid (nimboo ful)
Instructions
Making honey bunches of oats cereal chivda:
Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat.
Once hot add cumin seeds, let them sizzle.
Then add curry leaves. Let them dry out completely. To increase the shelf life of chivda, there should not be any moisture from curry leaves.
Then add peanuts, roasted chana dal and cashews. Fry them till they become light brown in color.
Then add raisins. Fry till they plump up.
Then add red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt, citric acid. Mix it.
Immediately add cereal. Mix till all the masala and oil is coated to cereal.
Then add sev.
Mix it well. Roast it till cereal become crunchy about 2 minutes.
Turn off the stove.
Let it cool completely before serving or storing in the container.
Notes
Along with honey bunches of oats cereal, you can some cheerios.
Or make this chivda with a combination of cornflakes and cheerios.
Nutrition
Calories:
315
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
37.9
g
|
Protein:
8.4
g
|
Fat:
15.9
g
|
Saturated Fat:
1.8
g
|
Cholesterol:
0
mg
|
Sodium:
497
mg
|
Potassium:
157
mg
|
Fiber:
5.9
g
|
Sugar:
8.5
g
*Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1 serving
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