Wednesday, August 19, 2020

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. 


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