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Butter Crackers – Whole Wheat

September 24, 2015 By Vidya Srinivasan 37 Comments

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Butter crackers | Whole Wheat butter cracker are super healthy snacks for kids and adults.  Butter gives amazing flavour to this cracker. Guilt free to munch on.

Giving healthy snacks for kids is every mom’s biggest concern, well at times more than helathy, there is one big question, whether they will eat it. The one which worked yesterday may not work today.
 
Everyday its experimenting.Ever since Vishvak started solid food, the topic about kids food will always come whenever I talk to my friends. Whenever my friend suggest something I wanted to try.
 
3 course healthy meal for is one side but healthy mid- morning and evening snacks was another concern. Vishvak was initially big fan of corn puff then he started liking store brought multi grain crackers. I wanted to try something in home.

Kids after school snacks 

Baked Indian snacks

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Ingredients

  • 1 tsp Coriander seeds
  • 1/2 tsp heaped Pepper
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin
  • 1/2 tsp Carom seeds
  • 1/4 tsp fennel seeds
  • 3/4 tsp Dry ginger powder
  • 1 Clove
  • Generous pinch Cardamom powder
  • 1/8 tsp Cinnamon powder
  • 1 tsp Ghee
  • 1 tsp Sesame oil
  • 1/4 cup tightly pressed Jaggery
  • 1/4 cup Water

Instructions

  • In a heavy-bottomed pan add coriander seeds, pepper,  fennel seeds, clove, carom seeds and saute in low flame for 2 minutes
  • Add cumin seeds and saute till It turns warm
  • Furthermore add ginger powder, cardamom powder, and cinnamon powder;   Mix everything well and cook for 15 seconds; turn off the stove
  • Let the mixture cool down, grind into powder. Add little water and ground like a thick chutney
  • In the same pan add Jaggery and water; mix well and turn on the stove in medium flame
  • After the Jaggery melts down turn off the stove and strain the jaggery syrup
  • Wash the pan and add jaggery syrup to the same pan and boil
  • Let the jaggery syrup boil well and turns sticky ( avoid one string consistency)
  • Add the ground mixture and sauté well
  • The mixture comes together and thickens
  • Add 1 tsp of ghee and mix well, continue cooking
  • As we cook the mixture turns thick and resembles honey
  • Add sesame oil and mix well,  turn off the stove as soon as the Legiyam turns glossy/ shiny. Legiyum also starts leaving the pan and if you try to touch with wet hands it comes u sticky
  • Immediately transfer the legiyum and let it cool
  • Close the lid after it is completely cool

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Notes

  1. If you prefer legiyum to be sweeter side add extra jaggery
  2. I have roasted all the ingredients dry instead you can soak them in water and grind
  3. You can grind the mixture into a powder but I have ground it with little water. If you are adding dry mixture mix well immediately as it might turn lumpy
  4. Always turn off the legiyum as soon as it becomes glossy else legiyum will turn chewy
  5. Avoid cooking the legiyum till oil separates, that will make the legiyum stony kalkona or kamarkat. You can’t even take the legiyum out of the box
  6. After eating Legiyum you will feel the ginger and pepper flavor in the throat, if preferred you can add honey to the legiyum
  7. Traditional Deepavali legiyum recipe calls for naatu marundhu kadai (herbal medical shop) stuff like kandandhipili, arisi thipili, and others. I have adapted the recipe with basic, readily available ingredients
  8. Legiyum thickens overtime so switch off before it comes to that stage
  9. The color of the legiyam depends on the jaggery
  10. I have used ginger powder instead you can saute ginger and ground
  11. Pepper powder can be used instead of pepper
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Filed Under: Kids after school snacks, Oven Recipes, Toddler Recipes Tagged With: baked, cracker, Health, mid, morning, snack, Tmf, toddler, vidya, wheat, whole

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  1. Piyali says

    September 24, 2015 at 23:44

    True feeding children the right kind of food is the biggest concern for mothers and if you have a fussy eater the concern just doubles. The butter crackers are wholesome for the little ones. Having whole wheat its a healthier option and lightly flavoured with cumin, the little ones are bound to love these.

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    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 26, 2015 at 16:36

      Thanku Piyali:-)

      Reply
  2. Chitrajagadish says

    September 25, 2015 at 02:45

    Healthy munchies V.. …

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 26, 2015 at 16:36

      Thanku Chitr:-)

      Reply
  3. chcooks says

    September 25, 2015 at 05:10

    Good healthy snack Vidya! 🙂 They are looking very crunchy too 🙂

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 26, 2015 at 16:37

      Thanku Chcook:-)

      Reply
  4. BIkram Mann says

    September 25, 2015 at 05:21

    perfect for my evening coffee 🙂

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 26, 2015 at 16:38

      Thanku Bikram:-)

      Reply
  5. madhavicyberkitchen says

    September 25, 2015 at 07:56

    I love this spicy ,tasty & healthy crackers .

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 26, 2015 at 16:37

      Thanku Madhavi:-)

      Reply
  6. Anu-My Ginger Garlic Kitchen says

    September 25, 2015 at 08:03

    These whole-wheat butter crackers looks so crunchy and crisp. Nice share! 🙂

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 26, 2015 at 16:37

      Thanku Anu:-)

      Reply
  7. srividhya says

    September 25, 2015 at 10:29

    Vidya.. nee latea vandalum latesta varuva nu Malar ku theriyum. So no worries. I think only yesterday we kept talking about blog if not all our calls will be vetti aratai dan la.

    Between great cracker. Glad your kiddo liked it.

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 26, 2015 at 16:41

      We had hot blog related topics na Sri;-) oh ya namba usual vetti kadhai tana pesuvom.. Un recipe podum pothu I have lot of things to write:-) thanks da

      Reply
  8. Rasakama says

    September 25, 2015 at 12:06

    Wow, these crackers look superb. At first sight,I thought those were store bought. Then only I saw the recipe. It looks very crunchy. Crunchiness is a plus when it comes to kids.

    I so understand what you said. One day kids may like something and the next day, they don’t even want to taste it. ” Kids”, right ? 🙂

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 26, 2015 at 16:38

      Thanku Rasakama:-)

      Reply
  9. Antonia @ Zoale.com says

    September 25, 2015 at 12:24

    I just love these Vidya! Food is always a challenge with little ones, and it is great to be able to make your own snack food. I can’t wait to try these 🙂

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 26, 2015 at 16:38

      Thanku Antonio:-)

      Reply
  10. Suzanne says

    September 25, 2015 at 20:26

    Wonderful crackers Vidya, they sound simple to make and would be so much better than anything you would buy in the store.

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 26, 2015 at 16:39

      Thanku Suzanne:-)

      Reply
  11. swathi says

    September 25, 2015 at 22:16

    Delicious butter crackers love it.

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 26, 2015 at 16:39

      Thanku Swathi:-)

      Reply
  12. kushi says

    September 26, 2015 at 18:02

    Healthy and crunchy one dear 🙂 I can finish off this one in no time

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 26, 2015 at 22:29

      Thanku Kushi:-)

      Reply
  13. Sandhya says

    September 26, 2015 at 22:37

    Vidya,
    These butter crackers look amazing and so healthy! I am drooling looking at them!

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 26, 2015 at 22:41

      Thanku Sandhya:-)

      Reply
  14. Rachel @ Bakerita says

    September 27, 2015 at 11:01

    These crackers look so delicious! I love the idea of making my own crackers – I’ll have to try your recipe!

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 29, 2015 at 15:29

      Thanku Rachel:-)

      Reply
  15. Peggy Bright says

    September 27, 2015 at 11:04

    I’m really keen to try and make these. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 28, 2015 at 15:49

      Thanku Peggy:-)

      Reply
  16. Sundari says

    September 28, 2015 at 10:19

    perfect snack for tea time!! looks crunchy!!

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 28, 2015 at 15:50

      Thanku Sundari:-)

      Reply
  17. jaleel mohamed says

    September 29, 2015 at 00:57

    Its very healthy snack and easy also..thanks

    Reply
    • Vidya Srinivasan says

      September 29, 2015 at 15:29

      Thanku Jaleel:-)

      Reply
  18. Seena Koshy says

    September 29, 2015 at 17:10

    Wheat crackers look so yummy and crispy..

    Reply
  19. Jolly says

    September 30, 2015 at 04:48

    Whole-wheat butter crackers looks so amazing and yummy share 🙂

    Reply
  20. Spiceindiaonline says

    September 30, 2015 at 07:18

    This is a good one, I have to try this for Sid!

    Reply

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