Fried Makhana Quick Home Snack Recipe, How To Make Fried Makhana Quick Home Snack Recipe

Fried Makhana or foxnuts are very good crispy snacks which go excellent during snack time with tea and other snacks. Fried Makhana is yummy and appetizing crispies made with lotus seeds or Foxnut. A very simple and quick to prepare snack that goes extremely good as a tea time snack! The makhana seeds are sauteed with very little ghee in a hot pan until they puff up in size like a popcorn and then sprinkled with little salt and chilli powder, this makes the dish ready to eat.

The crunchy snack that crackles between your teeth when you bite is a very delightful moment to relish the snack. Makhana which is also popularly known as lotus seeds and different other names are phool makhana, foxnuts, gorgon nut, Euryale ferox etc. This is a well known native Asian water plant that is mainly cultivated for its edible seeds. The makhana seeds are just awesome looking almost similar to the popcorns.

The lotus seed are highly nutritious and is considered a fully organic non-cereal food. Geographically, makhana seeds are available in north India especially Bihar state is said to be the hub for Makhana production.

Recipe:  Fried Makhana Quick Home Snack

1. Makhana                                  -       1 cup
2. Ghee                                          -       2 tsp
3. Cashew nuts                           -       ¼ cup
4. Curry leaves powder             -       1 tsp
5. Red chilli powder                  -       1 tsp
6. Salt                                            -       to taste

1. Add ghee in a hot pan and when it melts, add cashew nut (cut into halves) and makhana.
2. Stir continuously until they turn slightly golden in color.
3. Add some dry curry leaves powder, red chilli powder and salt.
4. Mix the spices well and transfer the fried makhana into a plate.
5. Serve hot and crisp.

Makhana or lotus seeds are widely used in making variety of dishes. These seeds are highly used in terms of nutritional benefits. The makhana or lotus seeds can be added to curries, roasted or fried, tastes good when added in kheer or pulaos. They are added with garbanzo and cooked too.These lotus seeds are low in calories, fat and high in fiber. They are also low in saturated fats, sodium and cholesterol.

Fried Makhana is an exceptional quick to make home snack that can be digested easily. Kids would love eating, by just roasting the makhana in little ghee or oil, sprinkling some salt which makes it a healthy snack to eat rather than chips, French fries or potato wedges etc. As the lotus seeds are low in sodium and high in potassium they are extremely beneficial food for hypertensive people.

Makhana is unique in taste, can be consumed as a dry fruit snack by just roasting. They Fried Makhana are proved to be yummy, appetizing, hygienic and digestive health snacks. Making these home made quick snack will surely help kids get rid of the junk chips. So why delay? Go ahead and make this today to delight them with healthy and nutritious snack.

Healthy snack choices will surely provide children with some vitamins, minerals, proteins and calories they require for growth, energy and overall good health. Hence be prepared by making such healthy snacks for your kids to make smart snack choices. Do try this simple, quick to make home snack and your kids will surely ask for more.

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