The CookingBites recipe challenge: nuts and seeds

[Morning Glory]

Welcome to the CookingBites recipe challenge. The current challenge ingredient is nuts and seeds and Z-Cook is our judge. To enter, all you need to do is post a recipe which contains nuts and/or seeds, tag it cookingbites recipe challenge, and post a link to it in this thread. The winner becomes the judge for the next challenge. Deadline: midnight, end of day, Monday 15th December, UK time (GMT+1). Detailed challenge rules can be found here.

*any type, any form, whole, ground, paste/butter, extracts, oils, including peanuts.

 

[Morning Glory]

Is coconut included? Its not technically a nut, hence my question.

 

[Z-Cook]

Is coconut included? Its not technically a nut, hence my question.

Yes. I wanted to throw the net as wide as possible in terms of culinary use rather than splitting botanical hairs Coconut was actually at the top of my list, along with mangoes!

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Chocolate Dipped Macadamia Nut Shortbread Cookies

These cookies are a dup of Big Island Cookies, they're a thing in Hawaii.

They're not that difficult to make, just a little bit of time, that's all.
I make these every year for the Holidays and they disappear FAST!!

 

[Morning Glory]

Curry coming up.... tomorrow.

 

[Morning Glory]

I've got various other recipe ideas forming, manly using seeds.

Seeds are good as a coating for things....

 

[TastyReuben]

I’ve got two in mind.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Now I've got a bit of free time...
I've got a few . In fact, I made one yesterday!
Let's get the picture uploaded.

 

[karadekoolaid]

This is either a piece of cake, or a load of nuts: Mumbai Mix
Indian snacks generally do not include potato chips/crisps, but rather a mixture of seeds, fried lentils/chickpeas, garbanzo flour crisps, etc. They're utterly addictive and can be mild, hot or very hot. I put this together to try and copy the Indian snacks, but also bearing in mind that fried chickpeas and lentils are hard to make in Venezuela, as are the chickpea crispy bits.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

karadekoolaid that would make for a lovely food gift!

 

[karadekoolaid]

Yep. You can also customise it. Add any nuts you like, use goji berries instead of raisins, add macadamia nuts instead of cashews. The only thing I'd really recommend (although it's not absolutely necessary) is the garam masala. Still, if you can't find it, use double the amount of really good curry powder.

 

[Z-Cook]

All Looking promising
Might post a recipe just to join in

 

[Z-Cook]

but also bearing in mind that fried chickpeas and lentils are hard to make in Venezuela, as are the chickpea crispy bits.

How so kka?

 

[karadekoolaid]

How so kka?

Indian chickpeas are called chana dal. Local chickpeas are European and, believe it or not, they're different. Much harder than their Indian counterparts.
When I first made Mumbai mix, I tried adding some local fried chickpeas, and they were just too, too hard. I thought "someone's going to break a tooth here!" so I eliminated them. As for the fried lentils/dal - again, a cultural difference, because I can't find split dal (ie. urid dal), only the whole grains, and they're like little bullets in the mix.

 

[Windigo]

Here's my challenge entry for now, maybe more will be coming later.

Recipe - Spicy sesame noodle salad with peanut dressing