These spiced pumpkin seeds are great as a snack or sprinkled on salads, soups, tacos and yogurt.
By Chitra Agrawal
Inspired by chili roasted peanuts I like to buy in India, I decided to mix my pumpkin seeds up with ghee and a few different spices – garam masala, turmeric and chili powder and then bake them.
Masala Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
These spiced pumpkin seeds are great as a snack or sprinkled on salads, soups, tacos and yogurt.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup pumpkin seeds
- 3 tablespoons ghee or melted butter
- 2 teaspoons garam masala
- 1/3 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- squeeze of lemon (optional)
Instructions
- Take seeds out of pumpkin and remove as much pulp as possible.
- Wash the seeds in a colander to remove more access pulp and then lay them out on a paper towel to dry.
- You can make them same day by just letting them dry for about 20 minutes and patting them dry, or make them another day and store them overnight so that they completely dry on their own.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
- In a bowl, mix the seeds well with ghee, garam masala, chili powder, turmeric and salt.
- Lay the seeds on a cookie sheet and place in the oven at 350 degrees fahrenheit. Roast for about 20 minutes, occasionally turn the seeds over so that they are evenly roasted. (Also, if they start to pop, just lower the heat a bit.)
- Take them out when they are golden brown or browned, whatever your preference.
- Lay them out to cool. They will get crunchier as they sit out and add more salt to taste or even a squeeze of lemon.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
Hi Chitra – we made this today and it was delicious. I halved the chili powder as I was making it for my 7 year old. I also reduced the butter to 2 tablespoons. It was still a bit heavy so next time we’ll reduce it to 1 tablespoon. But the flavours were great! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe.
It really turned to be very good and gmy kiddo lives it.