Recipe Mumbai Mix

[karadekoolaid]

Ingredients:
200 gms salted peanuts
100 gms raw peanuts
30 gms cashew nuts (salted, or unsalted)
20 gms filleted almonds
30 gms raisins, or sultanas
30 gms shelled pumpkin or sunflower seeds
20 gms dried cranberries
60 gms fried green plantain chips *
4 gms curry powder
4 gms garam masala
2 gms hot chile powder (optional)
5 gms melted butter
Salt to taste
* Omit if you wish

Method:

• Put the salted peanuts, raw peanuts, cashew nuts, raisins and cranberries into a large bowl.
• Dry roast the almond slices and pumpkin/sunflower seeds in a pan until the almonds brgin to brown or the seeds begin to pop. Remove from the heat and add to the bowl.
• If you want to add the plantain chips, then buy a green plantain, peel it, and cut the plantain into very thin slices (about 2mm wide). Fry the chips in hot oil until crispy (about 5 minutes) then drain on a paper towel. Salt lightly and add to the bowl.
• Add the curry powder, garam masala, chile powder and melted butter and stir to mix. Taste for salt and add more if you wish.
• These will keep for weeks in an airtight container.
  

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

AH YUM!!!

 

[Windigo]

Finally, now I know how to make this! Thanks!

 

[badjak]

Raw peanuts?
Aren't they a bit meh to eat?
Or are that just the ones we get here? or my tastebuds?

Otherwise it looks like a great recipe. We can get a lot of those sort of Indian mixes here, as there is quite a large Indian community

 

[Morning Glory]

Crunchy, munchy and colourful. The chilli would not be optional for me.

 

[Morning Glory]

Raw peanuts?
Aren't they a bit meh to eat?
Or are that just the ones we get here? or my tastebuds?

I assume it means 'au naturel', unroasted, unsalted. We can easily get them in the shell here (known as monkey nuts). They taste fine to me.

 

[badjak]

I assume it means 'au naturel', unroasted, unsalted. We can easily get them in the shell here (known as monkey nuts). They taste fine to me.

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Those are not raw.
The ones you give to the birds are raw

Could be semantics

 

[TastyReuben]

Those are not raw.
The ones you give to the birds are raw

Could be semantics

Yep, raw peanuts are hard to get in my area.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Raw peanuts?
Aren't they a bit meh to eat?

Yep - but that's the whole point. A contrast of textures and flavours. They brighten up with the spices.
And the advantage of the recipe is that you can use almost anything you like. No raw peanuts? Can't get them? Don't like them? Use another nut (or seed) - no problem.

 

[badjak]

Yep - but that's the whole point. A contrast of textures and flavours. They brighten up with the spices.
And the advantage of the recipe is that you can use almost anything you like. No raw peanuts? Can't get them? Don't like them? Use another nut (or seed) - no problem.

Fair enough, I'll give it a try

Yep, raw peanuts are hard to get in my area.

Not here, they are lying next to the dry beans. In 1 and 2.5 kg bags

 

[TastyReuben]

I take back what I said earlier, Kroger now has raw peanuts as a “New Item!!!”

 

[Morning Glory]

Those are not raw.
The ones you give to the birds are raw

Yep - but that's the whole point. A contrast of textures and flavours. They brighten up with the spices.

Can you explain what you both mean by raw peanuts? I take it to mean unroasted, unsalted. Can be bought in shells as 'monkey nuts'. But shelled they are also termed 'raw'.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Can you explain what you both mean by raw peanuts? I take it to mean unroasted, unsalted. Can be bought in shells as 'monkey nuts'. But shelled they are also termed 'raw'.

That's what I consider raw peanuts. De-shelled monkey nuts. They actually keep them in the fridge so they don't go off.

 

[badjak]

Okay,
The peanuts are growing and harvested in their shell.
Then can be sold as is (raw) or roasted in their shell (not raw).
They can also be shelled and sold (raw) or roasted or boiled (not raw).

In the Netherlands I have only ever seen the raw unshelled and raw shelled ones for sale as bird food.

Here I can find them in all forms, and none of them keot in the fridge

 

[karadekoolaid]

In the Netherlands I have only ever seen the raw unshelled and raw shelled ones for sale as bird food.

Yep - bird food sounds about right!
Here they were being sold in a small store which specialises in spices, so I imagine demand was not too high - hence the fridge.