Corn Flakes Chivda - desi trail mix option

Corn Flakes chivda - best snacking option and also serves as a trail mix

Quantity - 2 people for a week of snacking :)

Recipe followed from Ranveer Brar's youtube channel .

Ingredients -

Corn Flakes - original (Kellog's brand)
Cashews - 2 tbsp
Raisins - 2 tbsp
Dried coconut slices - a fistful
Peanuts - 2 tbsp
Roasted Gram dal - 2 tbsp (optional)
Green chillies - 4/5 as per spice
Dried Red chillies whole - 2
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Sugar - 2/3 tsp
Salt as per taste
Haldi - 1 tsp
Hing - for taste
Curry leaves - 2 strands
Peanut oil - for cooking

Procedure:

1. In a kadai , start dry roasting the corn flakes . Keep the flame on low and toast while mixing with hands . Do this gently , ensuring corn flakes do not break
2. In couple of minutes , once the flakes are bit warm , add sugar , salt , red chilli powder and haldi mixed together in a bowl into the kadai and toast with corn flakes . Continue to toast and mix with hands for atleast 7/8 mins . This will ensure that we get rid of any leftover packet smell in the flakes and also the flakes become more crunchy. Also , adding sugar helps in caramelization which helps the spices to stick to the flakes .
3. Now remove the flakes into a separate big bowl/vessel and start heating oil in the same kadai
4. While the oil is getting hot , finely chop the green chillies and mix all cashew + raisins + dry coconut + roasted gram + peanuts in a small bowl .
5. Once the oil is hot , add the green chillies , red chillies and curry leaves and fry them nicely .
6. You will see a change in their color - that is the time to add all the nuts and fry them nicely . Keep frying till they look crunchy and roasted well
7 . Now add the toasted corn flakes to this tadka mixture and mix everything very nicely and gently .
8 . Adjust any salt and keeping the flame in sim , let it all cook (uncovered) for 2/3 mins .

Serve with your evening chai or pack it for your hiking/travel !

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