Dried Fruit and Nut Sprinkles

Dried Fruit & Nut Sprinkles

Called Choori in Hindi, this muesli-like mixture is made with left-over chapatis or tortillas. I found the recipe on the internet. 

Instead of using excess tortillas for bird food, they can be toasted and pulsed in a blender with nuts, desiccated coconut, dried fruits such as dates and raisins and sugar, unrefined sugar, coconut sugar or jaggery. Choori can be served as a breakfast cereal, sprinkled over ice cream or eaten as a snack. Cooled and stored in an air-tight container, Choori can last for several weeks.

I used a couple of excess flour tortillas and a mixture of ingredients that I had at home, including almonds, unsweetened and dried desiccated coconut, dates, raisins and coconut sugar. The ingredients were blended together to a grainy texture and seasoned with cardamom powder (you can also use cinnamon powder) to give it that unique Indian flavour. 

Ingredients

2 stale tortillas/rotis, toasted

1/2 cup nuts of choice

3-4 pitted dates

1/4 cup raisins or craisins

1/2 cup unsweetened, dried dessicated coconut

1/4 cup coconut sugar, jaggery or sugar to taste

1/4 tsp. cardamom or cinnamon powder

1/4 tsp. salt or to taste

2 Tbsp. ghee

Directions

1. Break tortillas into pieces and blend with next 7 ingredients to a grainy texture.
2. Heat ghee in a skillet and toast choori until light golden.
3. Remove from heat, cool and store in an air-tight container.

Tastes great served as a breakfast cereal, topping for ice cream or fruit crumbles and as a snack. 

Original Source: Choori