![]() Have you ever tried making homemade nut butter? How did it turn out? Personally, since I have a food sensitivity to almonds, I can’t test that out, but I imagine that combination would be tasty! You could use dry roasted or raw cashews to make cardamom cashew butter, but don’t come crying to me when your tummy hurts! I promise you, it’s worth the effort. If you’re not familiar with Crispy Cashews (or wondering why in the world I’d spend the time to soak, then dehydrate, nuts before eating), you’ll want to read this article: Why Eating Nuts Upsets Your Stomach. If you’re a fan of all things peanut butter and almond butter, you’ll die for this! The only thing I’d do differently is double the recipe!Ĭashews are naturally a bit sweet compared to other nuts, so you don’t have to add honey. The flavor was almost reminiscent of cardamom-spiced cake batter ( not that I would know…). (Seriously, making homemade cashew butter is not complex!) Only 5 minutes after dreaming of this creation, I was contentedly licking Cardamom Cashew Butter off the spoon. ![]() I figured since cashews are also common in Indian cooking, they’d be a perfect compliment to cardamom. I actually first fell in love with cardamom at a young age, when sipping on mango lassi, a delicious Indian sweetened yogurt drink made with mango puree, plain yogurt, and cardamom. I thought about cinnamon, or maybe nutmeg, or even cloves! After opening and smelling a bunch of spices in my collection (it’s pretty out of control, might I add), I took a whiff of cardamom and knew immediately it would be a match made in heaven.Ĭardamom is an oft-forgotten spice in the West, but it’s used widely throughout India. Normally, I just pack them away in a Mason jar and munch on them for snacks, but what if I turned them into homemade cashew butter!?īetter yet, what if I added some spice to it? ![]() Most recently, I was standing at the kitchen counter savoring a fresh batch of crispy cashews, still warm from being dehydrated in the oven overnight (they’re like good crack, btw), when I realized I could do something fantastic with these! It’s as if the perfect recipe just appears in my mind. Every once in a while, I get these genius food ideas.
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