Culturally, cardamom spice has a love affair with Indian sweets when it comes to adding flavors and aroma! Fresh pound or ground your cardamom seeds for that magical aroma (store-bought powder loses it's aroma quickly!)
If you are looking for an instant snack to impress, this is the recipe you have to try! It's preparation time is under 30 minutes once you have the ingredients ready. It's a healthy satisfying snack, without any sneaky additives with many ways to consume it. Use it as a pre-made breakfast or a topping on dessert bowls, anyhow you like!
Kids love the chocolate chip version of it. It's one of the starter recipes when kids are learning to cook -my boys have made this multiple times :)
What's so smart about this granola? Well, not only this recipe low in sugar but also high in beta- glucans from oats, and zero refined grains. Beta glucan (β-glucan) is a soluble fiber in oat that has been gaining interest due to its multiple functional & bioactive properties.
If you plan to make enough and store it, make a bigger batch in the oven. Quadruple the recipe, it stores beautifully at room temperature for 7-10 days.
RECIPE:
Gluten-free: Use certified gluten-free oats
Egg-free
Vegan
Soy-free
Nut-free: Use seeds, replace nuts with seeds
LOW-carb: instead of 1.5 cup oats, use only 1/2 cup oats + 1 cup (hemp seeds+ flax seeds + chia seeds)
KETO friendly- skip the rolled oats/replace sugar with sweetener
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 10 min
Cool time:10 min
Serves: 3-4
Ingredients:
olive oil/unflavored coconut oil, 2-3 tbsp
rolled oats, 1.5 cup
variety of seeds- sesame seeds, chia, flaxseed, hemp, 2 tbsp each (as available)
unsalted roasted nuts of choice (pistachio, sliced almonds, pecans, raisins/cranberries), 1.5 cup
pounded jaggery /brown sugar / honey , 2-3 tbsp
cardamom pods, 3-4
unsweetened coconut flakes, 1 tbsp
Instructions:
roast rolled oats in olive oil for 2-3 minutes, keep stirring till golden brown
pound nuts into bite-size pieces and add to the skillet
toast well
add freshly crushed cardamom seeds
sprinkle pounded jaggery and heat till melted, stir in nicely so jaggery combines evenly with oats and nuts. Cool before storing.
Pro tips:
if making a big batch, triple or quadruple the recipe and cook in the oven, at oven temperature 350F for 20 minutes
bring the flame to medium-low once oats start to cook, this will prevent burning
perfectly roasted oats are golden and crispy
Try my overnights oats recipe too!
Kid-friendly version:
Kids need a snack that's super nourishing for their growing bodies! This super speedy snack is ready in less than 15 minutes, could be made in advance and stores well. All we have to do is substituting a couple of ingredients from the above version to make it more appealing.
Kid-friendly version: Use vanilla essence and honey (instead of cardamom and jaggery)
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Did you give this recipe a try? I would love to hear from you, how it came out? Please leave me a comment :)