Healthy Crackers Snacks with home meade spreads

How about healthy crackers with homemade spreads as snacks? Low fat, flavourful and appetizing…isn’t that perfect? To top it all, you can make them yourself.

Just follow the simple recipes for both the crackers and the spreads.

You may use any combination of toppings for these crackers. Apart from vegetables and fruit, you may use nuts, mince meat, bacon, eggs ….the options are endless. 

Do try out these snacks and impress your folks!

HEALTHY CRACKERS SNACKS

(with Homemade Spreads)

Ingredients:

Spicy Olive Oil Crackers

Recipe Link:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDBHK2IwqQM

Coriander Hummus Spread

Boiled Chickpeas – ½ cup

Coriander leaves and stems – a handful

Grated garlic – ½ tsp

Red chili flakes – ¼ tsp

Pepper powder – ¼ tsp

Tahini paste – 2 tsp

Extra Virgin Olive oil – enough to make a smooth paste

Salt – to taste

Cheese Yogurt Spread

Yogurt (hung for 30 mins) – ¼ cup + 2 tblsp

Grated cheese – ¼ cups packed

Grated garlic – ¼ to ½ tsp

White pepper powder – ¼ tsp

Toppings

Chopped red and yellow bell peppers

Chopped prunes/ dates/ raisins

Chopped coriander leaves

Pomegranate seeds

Salted peanuts broken into smaller pieces

Chili flakes

Coriander – Cumin Seeds roasted and ground coarsely

Method:

1.    To make the Hummus spread, add all the ingredients into a food processor/mixer and blend to a smooth paste using olive oil. The paste should not be runny or too stiff. More like a cake batter.

2.    To make the Cheese spread, mix all the ingredients by hand till well blended and smooth. Transfer the spreads into plastic bags or piping cones for easy handling.

3.    Arrange the crackers on a tray. Apply Hummus spread on half of the cracker and the Cheese spread on the rest. You may just use a spoon to put a blob of spread on the crackers instead of using the plastic cone/bag. That’s fine too.

4.    Flavor Combination1 : Peanuts + Pomegranate + Coriander leaves + chili flakes

5.    Flavor Combination2 : Bell peppers + Prunes + ground Coriander – Cumin

6.    Use Flavor Combination1on some crackers with Hummus spread and on some with Cheese spread.

7.    Use Flavor Combination2 on some crackers with Hummus spread and on some with Cheese spread.

8.    Serve them for tea or as an appetizer before a meal.

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