Homemade baked granola is a healthy and delicious family breakfast for busy mornings. This is a basic granola recipe which can be prepared quickly with simple ingredients available in our kitchens. Once you try it, you will not go back to the store-bought ones. This is healthy, tasty and quick to make, sweetened with jaggery and flavourful.
INGREDIENTS:
- Rolled oats
- Almonds, cashew nuts, walnuts and raisins
- Flax seeds, pumpkin seeds and chia seeds
- Jaggery powder and ghee
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Chop almonds, walnuts and cashew nuts as shown.
2. To make jaggery caramel, heat a pan add ghee to it, add jaggery and mix well for 5 minutes until it melts completely. The caramel will have a thick consistency.
3. In a large bowl add oats, chopped nuts, raisins, seeds, jaggery caramel and mix well.
4. In a baking pan, place butter paper and spread the oats mixture and bake for 5 minutes.
5. Let the granola cool completely. Store it in an airtight container.
HOMEMADE GRANOLA
Cuisine: International
Cook time:30 minutes
Course: Breakfast
INGREDIENTS
1. Rolled Oats 2 cups
2.Cashew Nuts ¼ cup
3.Almond ¼ cup
4.Walnut ¼ cup
5.Raisins ¼ cup
6.Ghee 1 teaspoon
7.Jaggery ½ cup
8.Pumpkin seeds ¼ cup
9.Chia seeds 2 teaspoon
10.Flax seed. 2 teaspoon
Method
Step-1 Chop cashew nuts, walnuts and almonds .
Step-2 Heat the pan, pour in ghee and add jaggery powder. Mix for 5 minutes in low flame until the jaggery melts and becomes a thick.
Step-3 In a large bowl add oats, dry fruits, seeds, raisins and caramel and mix well
.
Step-4 In a baking pan, spread the butter paper. Now pour the granola mixture and spread it in an even layer.
Step-5 Bake until slightly golden, about 20 minutes.
Step-6 Let the granola cool for about 30 minutes. Break it with hands or spoon and store it in an airtight container.
SOME TIPS
- You can customise the granola by adding chocolate chips, fresh fruits, coconut flakes or dry fruits of your choice.
- You can have it like any cereal with milk or yogurt.
- Cooling the granola completely increases its self-life up to 2 weeks.
