Dude! I’m trying to lay off the nuts because of their high calories - toasted curried cashews? {salivates} I’ve also seen salt and pepper cashews at the grocery store - I’m not that strong!
I can’t speak for Northern Piper, but I can tell you that if you take a bag of Trader Joes roasted salted cashews, coat them with a few drops of chilli oil (to make them spicy and sticky) and them sprinkle with sweet curry powder form Penzy’s spices the result is AWESOME.
Well, the hockey pool has been completed, Mrs Piper and PiperCub are off to bed, and I’ve tidied up a bit, so here’s the recipe.
Start with 300 g of unsalted cashews. Put them on a greased cookie sheet in a 350 oven for 5 to 10 minutes, until they’re nicely toasted and aromatic - I like them with a bit of brown on them. I watch them closely during the toasting because they can burn quickly. I also usually take them out half way through to stir them up a bit, so they toast evenly.
Put two tablespoons of brown sugar [sorry Cat Whisperer, but it gets worse] (or golden sugar, but I think the brown sugar tastes better and makes them look better) in a large mixing bowl, along with two teaspoons of sea salt, two teaspoons of medium curry powder and a half teaspoon of ground cumin. Stir together.
Put a quarter cup of water in a small saucepan, along with another tablespoon of brown sugar and a large knob of butter [I warned you, **Cat Whisperer** ;)]. Turn to high heat, stirring constantly, until the water boils. Put all the cashews in and keep stirring until all the liquid is gone.
Pour the cashews into the mixing bowl with the dry ingredients and stir until they’re all nicely coated.
This recipe makes two individual salad bowls worth of toasted curry cashew goodness. If there’s any dry curry mix left in the big mixing bowl that hasn’t adhered to the cashews, I normally just pour it onto the cashews in the bowls for extra curry flavour.
it can, so no more than a quarter cup of water, and you want it boiling before you put the cashews in, so the liquid evaporates quickly. also, keep stirring!