Homemade Trail Mix – Oven Roasted Oats and Nuts

Lip smacking and healthy homemade trail mix recipe made with oven roasted oats and nuts. This savory trail mix (Namkeen) has goodness of whole grains, unrefined oils and natural fats & proteins. If your family, kids or guests are high on munching savory snacks, then this oven roasted oats and nuts savory homemade trail mix is a much healthier option compared to any store-bought mixtures.

Store It for Later Use

This savory trail mix can also be stored in air-tight containers at room temperatures for two to three weeks and longer when refrigerated. Last but not the least, this easy recipe only takes 30 minutes from start to finish and there is no chopping, cutting or any other kind of prep work involved. You can even involve your kids in making it and make them the part of fun.

Healthy Oats and Nuts

Both Oat and Nuts are known to be heart healthy foods. Oats are often referred to as power foods since they are full of proteins, fibers, complex carbohydrates and also a source of many vitamins and minerals. Nuts are packed with heart-healthy fats, protein, vitamins, fiber and minerals. They also have L-arginine which makes arteries less prone to blood clots by making them flexible. Nuts are also rich in antioxidants and are a strong anti-inflammatory.  Lastly making it at home gives you the assurance of no adulterants and unhealthy saturated fats.

Trail Mix Recipe Ingredients:

From Pantry

• Rolled oats – 1 cup
• Peanuts – 1/4 cup
• Split cashews – 1/4 cup
• Silvered almonds – 1/4 cup
• Whole pistachios – 1/4 cup
• Pumpkin seeds – 1/4 cup
• Walnuts– 1/4 cup (add pecans if you like)
• Coconut chips – 1/4 cup dry
• Golden raisins or Munaka – 1/4 cup
• Spices
  • Curry leaves – 4 sprigs
  • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
  • Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
  • White sesame seeds – 1 tbs
  • Black pepper – 1/4 tsp
  • Chaat Masala – 1/2 tsp
  • Dry mango powder – 1 tsp
  • Sugar/honey – 1 tbs
  • Salt – as per taste
• Choice of oil, I used coconut oil – 1/4 cup your

Trail Mix Recipe Method:

1. Preheat oven to 275^oF.
2. Mix oats and all the nuts excepts raisins (or munaka)in a mixing bowl.  If you coconot chips are thick then add now or if they are thin then add towards the end of the roasting process.
   
3. Now add sugar to it.
4. For tampering, heat oil in a pan. When oil is hot, add mustard seeds, cumin seed, sesame seeds and curry leaves. Let them splatter for some time.
   
5. Add this tampering to nuts and oats mixture and then give it a good mix.
   
6. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spread this mixture evenly on it.
   
7. Place the baking sheet on center shelf and keep stirring the mixture every few minutes for even roasting. It took me 20 minute, you might need to adjust the time for different quantity.
   
8. If you did not add the cocnut chips in the starting before roasting, then add now.
9. When done, take the baking sheet out from oven and add raisins (or munaka) along with all the spices. Mix the whole mixture and again spread evenly on the sheet. 
10. Switch off the oven and place the baking sheet back into oven with slightly opened door.
11. Your oats and nuts savory trail mix is ready. Let it cool down completely before serving.Store in an air-tight container for two to three weeks.

Hope you like this healthy savory trail mix recipe.

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― Virginia Woolf, The Common Reader

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