Indian-spiced Nuts With Coconut

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup peanuts (roasted and unsalted)
• 1 cup pecans, roughly chopped
• 1/4 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 teaspoons ground coriander
• 2 teaspoons garam masala (see recipe below)
• kosher salt
• 3 large cinnamon sticks, broken into pieces
• 3 tablespoons whole cloves
• 2 tablespoons green cardamom seeds (from 1/4 cup green pods)
• 1 tablespoon black cardamom seed (from 4 black pods)

Recipe

• 1 to make the garam masala, put the cinnamon sticks, cloves, green and black cardamom seeds in a spice grinder and pulse until finely ground. store in an airtight container, away from direct sunlight, up to 6 months.
• 2 make the nuts: preheat the oven to 250 degrees. line a baking sheet with parchment paper. mix the peanuts, pecans, coconut flakes, vegetable oil, cumin, coriander, 2 teaspoons of garam masala and salt in a bowl and pour onto the prepared baking sheet. bake 40 minutes , rotating halfway through for even baking. remove from the oven and allow to cool.