
Reena Pastakia
Reena grew up thinking Indian cooking was a dark art…
This super-addictive snack is not for the faint of tastebuds, all that chili creates some serious heat.
By Reena Pastakia
Chilli-Roasted Cashews
This super-addictive snack is not for the faint of tastebuds, all that chili creates some serious heat.
- Author: Reena Pastakia
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Category: Snack
Ingredients
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- 100 grams uncooked cashew nuts
- 1/2 tablespoon light tasting vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon chilli powder
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 160 degrees centigrade.
- Distribute the cashew nuts evenly on a baking tray.
- Roast the cashews for 8 minutes.
- In a large mixing bowl place the oil, salt, black pepper and chilli powder. Mix well to create a paste.
- When the cashews are ready, add them to the mixing bowl and stir well to ensure they are all fully coated in the paste.
- Now return them to the baking tray and roast for a further 2 minutes.
- Let the cashews cool as they will have a slightly soft texture if eaten when warm.
- Serve with beer (or cocktails for the more sophisticated).

Reena Pastakia
Reena grew up thinking Indian cooking was a dark art where the quantities of spices required in each dish were innately known to a chosen few. It was only after she married an Englishman with a voracious appetite for Indian food that she started phoning home for cooking tips. She started her blog (coconutraita.com) in an attempt to document her family’s recipes and make Indian cooking accessible to all.
This was a great idea. Super-addictive indeed!
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Thanks The Kitchen Porter! Glad you like them.
Superb nice snacks, i was waiting for this. In market chilly cashew are very costly. Thanks ????????????????
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I don’t recommend this recipe
Once you mix the oil, salt, black pepper and chilli powder you get a very small and thick paste that doesn’t stick to any cashew nut
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This was delicious! How long can these be kept?