Tired of boring diet food and craving some creativity? Add healthy snacks to your diet made with ingredients like almonds, which are not just crunchy and delicious but also rich in 15 essential nutrients, aiding in weight management, controlling blood sugar, and cholesterol levels. Additionally, almonds help maintain skin health, ensuring a glowing skin. Here are some healthy and interesting almond-based snack recipes that you can easily make at home in just 30 minutes. Check out the full step-by-step recipe along with all the required ingredients.
Chana Masala Almond
Ingredients
Almonds (blanched & Peeled) – 60g
Sliced onions – ½ onion
Ginger strips – 1 tsp
Green chilli strips – ½ tsp
Olive Oil – For cooking
Cinnamon stick – 1 small piece
Channa Masala – 1 tbsp
Method:
-In a kadhai, sauté the onions, ginger, and green chilies in oil.
-Next, add the cinnamon stick and channa masala, and season to taste.
-Finally, incorporate the almonds into the mixture and mix well.
Nadru aur Badam ki Seekha
Ingredients:
Almond (sliced) – 80 g
Lotus Stem – 300 g
Green chilies – 4
Ginger – 5 g
Garlic – 10 g
Roasted chana flour – 30 g
Salt – to Taste
Boiled potato (grated) – 80g
Cottage cheese (grated) – 50g
Green cardamom powder – 3g
Mace powder – 2 g
Brown onion – 50g
Oil – 50 ml (for shallow frying)
Mawa (khoya) – 20 g
Method:
-Begin by cleaning and washing the lotus stem. Then, cut it into thin slices and blanch them in boiling water for a few minutes.
-Once blanched, drain off the water and fry the lotus stem slices until they turn golden brown. Set them aside.
-Make a paste out of the fried lotus stem slices and set it aside.
-In a mixing bowl, combine grated cottage cheese, boiled potato, and all the spice powders mentioned in the recipe.
-Mix the ingredients well to ensure that all the spices are evenly distributed throughout the mixture. Also, add saffron water to the mixture.
-Form the mixture into tikkis (patties) of desired size.
-Top each tikki with sliced almonds for added flavor and texture.
-Heat a non-stick pan with a very small amount of oil.
-Cook the tikkis in the pan until they are golden brown and crispy on both sides.
-Once cooked, serve the tikkis hot with mint chutney on the side.
Tip: If you prefer, you can also use the same mixture to make stuffed Nadru Kishikhampur kebabs by stuffing them with seasoned hung yogurt before cooking.
Almond, Sweet Potato and Pomegranate Chaat, White Pea Ragda
Ingredients:
Almonds (peeled) – 15 g
Boiled sweet potato dices – 30 g
Pomegranate pearls – 5 g
White pea – 20 g
Onions chopped – 5 g
Tomatoes chopped and deseeded – 5 g
Chaat masala – 2 g
Green chillies – 1 g
Lemon juice – 3 ml
Coriander, fresh – 1 g
Mint chutney – 10 ml
Saunth chutney – 15 ml
Red chilli powder – 1 g
Method:
-Boil white peas until cooked thoroughly to prepare white pea ragda.
-Mix chopped onions, tomatoes, green chilies, fresh coriander, lemon juice, red chili powder, and chaat masala in a bowl. Adjust seasoning as needed.
-In a separate bowl, combine almonds, pomegranate pearls, and sweet potato. Drizzle with saunth chutney, lemon juice, chaat masala, and chopped coriander. Lightly toss the mixture.
-On a serving plate, shape the white pea ragda and place the almond chaat on top. Garnish with a coriander sprig before serving.
Paneer badam ki tikki
Ingredients:
Paneer – 2 cups
Potato boiled & mashed –1/2 cup
Oil – 2 and 1/2tbsp
Jeera – 1 tsp
Green chilly chopped – 2 tsp
Ginger chopped – 2 tsp
Turmeric –1/2tsp
Red chilli powder –1/2tsp
Coriander chopped – 2 tbsp
Almonds chopped –1/2 cup
Cornflour -1 tbsp
Salt – 1 tsp
Method:
-Mash the paneer and mix it with the potato.
-Heat oil in a pan and add jeera. Once it crackles, add the ginger and green chilly. Toss them for a few seconds and then add the turmeric followed by the paneer-potato mixture.
-Add red chilly powder and salt. Toss for 2-3 minutes and then remove from the flame.
-Spread the mixture out on a tray and allow it to cool completely. Then, add cornflour and chopped coriander.
-Shape the mixture into round and flat patties. Spread chopped almonds on a plate and roll the sides of the patties in the almonds. Keep aside.
-Heat the remaining oil in a pan and cook the patties on both sides until brown.
-Serve hot.
Give these easy-to-make snacks a try at home this weekend and treat yourself!