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Spicy Roasted Chickpeas Recipe – Healthy Snack Ideas

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Roasted chickpeas are not only healthy but they taste great as well. Easy to prepare, these chickpeas are perfect for munching on or as a homemade gift for your friends/family for the holidays.

Ingredients/ Method

1-2 cups boiled or canned chickpeas. I boil mine. I simply soak them in the water overnight and pressure cook them for 2-3 whistles.
Adjust the spices as per the quantity you are cooking. If you plan on storing these, roast the chickpeas first then add spices. If you plan on eating them right away or fairly soon, go with the way I am cooking them.
In a bowl- add 2 tbsp oil, 2 tbsp lemon juice. Stir- in chickpeas. Then add spices- 1 to 1/2 tsp sea salt, 1 to 1/2 tsp paprika, 1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder.
Spread evenly on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and cook in a preheated oven at 425 F for 30-40 mins or until desired crispiness is achieved. Also try our Honey Cinnamon Roasted chickpeas recipe.

Edible Gift Ideas- Honey Cinnamon Roasted Chickpeas Recipe (Healthy Snack Ideas)

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If you are looking for a cool edible gift idea that you can do yourself then look no further than simple, homemade, tasty – Honey Cinnamon Roasted Chickpeas. Easy to prepare, these chickpeas are perfect for munching on or as a homemade gift for your friends/family for the holidays.Check out more of our Snack Ideas here.

Ingredients/ Method

1-2 cups boiled or canned chickpeas. I boil mine. I simply soak them in the water overnight and pressure cook them for 2-3 whistles.
Completely rinse and dry them. Roast them at 400 F for 20 mins. If they are on abaking sheet lined with aluminium foil, they will crisp up quickly. Once they are a shade darker than original and crispy, coat them with honey, coconut oil. cinnamon and nutmeg ( While the chickpeas are still hot) . Roast for 10-15 more mins and then serve warm or let cool, put in a pouch and give out as a gift 🙂 You can prepare two pouches.. One sweet and one salty. Here is a recipe for spicy roasted chickpeas.

How to make Peanut Chikki at home? (Indian Peanut Brittle Recipe)

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Learn how to make Peanut chikki at home which is a popular Indian snack during winter months and specially during Makar Sakranti. It is also known as Sing chikki, Gachak or moongfali Chikki (Mumfali Chikki), homemade Peanut bar or sengdana chikki, Chikki is generally made from groundnuts and jaggery. It is a great homemade food gift as well as better than candy, snack to satisfy the sweet tooth.

In regions of North India, especially Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, this sweet is called Layyiya Patti, being also very popular in Brazil, where it is known as pé-de-moleque, and in Paraguay, where it is called Ka’í Ladrillo.

Ingredients:
250 gms Jaggery (Gur)- unprocessed, unrefined cane sugar
1 cup raw peanuts
1/2 cup water

Method:
Roast Peanuts until a shade darker. Let them cool down then remove the skin and ground the peanuts.
Dissolve jaggery in water on medium heat in a saucepan. Bring to boil then let cook for 3-4 mins until caramalized.
Mix peanuts in the jaggery syrup and mix well while stirring everything quickly.
Spread into a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or plate greased with ghee. Once it has completely solidified,cut into desired shapes and serve.
Can be stored in an airtight container for upto 3 months.