Nut butter with attitude. Your choice of creamy or crunchy.  All spiced up with cumin, coriander, ginger, garlic, hot chili powder, and sea salt. Spicy Cashew Butter is awesome smeared on toast or as a topping for stir-fried broccoli. 

Ingredients

Ingredients for Spicy Cashew Butter, including cashews, cumin, coriander, ginger, garlic, hot chili powder and sea salt

This recipe contains: 

  • Cashews: We used roasted, unsalted cashews. If you use salted cashews, omit the salt until you taste the nut butter. You can use raw cashew if you like.
  • Cumin powder: Cumin is an earthy spice used in many cuisines. You should be able to find cumin in well-stocked grocery stores.  
  • Coriander powder: Coriander powder is made from coriander seeds, from the coriander plant, which is also known as cilantro. Coriander powder has a warm, earthy flavour and does not taste like fresh cilantro. You should be able to find coriander powder in well-stocked grocery stores.  
  • Ginger powder: We used dried ginger for this recipe. We love the zing of the fresh ginger, but it doesn't work as well in this recipe.
  • Garlic powder: We used dried garlic, aka garlic powder. We don't recommend fresh garlic for this recipe. 
  • Neutral oil: We used a neutral flavoured oil for frying the spices. The frying helps release the flavour of the spices, and also makes the spice/oil mixture easier to integrate with the cashews. Finally, the oil can help make it easier for your blender to process the nut butter. If you're avoiding oil, you could omit it, but the recipe will not be as flavourful. 
  • Sea salt: We used sea salt but you can use regular table salt. You may want to use a little bit less to start with, as table salt is slightly saltier than sea salt.

Preparation

Vegan and gluten-free, this Spicy Cashew Butter takes very little time to prepare. You gently fry the spices in some oil and then you blend the spice mix with the cashews. You can make this cashew butter whatever consistency you want, from creamy to crunchy. Just keep it in the blender long enough to get to your desired level of crunchiness or creaminess.

Spicy Cashew Butter with Toast Points

Recipe Card

Spicy Cashew Butter

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 3 minutes
Total Time 8 minutes
This Spicy Cashew Butter recipe is perfect for when you want something healthy and tasty but you’re too tired or busy to spend a lot of time cooking. A mix of cumin, coriander, ginger, garlic, hot chili powder, and sea salt it’s sure to be a palate-pleaser! Great smeared on toast or thin it out a bit with water and use it as a sauce over some stir-fried or roasted veggies. 
Servings 12
Calories 142 kcal
Author Sylvia Eastman

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons neutral oil
  • 2 teaspoons cumin
  • 2 teaspoons coriander
  • 2 teaspoons ginger
  • 2 teaspoons garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon hot chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 2 cups cashews

Instructions

  • In a small saucepan, heat the oil over low heat. Add all of the spices, stir together and fry over medium heat for 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally. 
  • Add the the spice/oil mix, and cashews to the blender. Blend until you reach your desired smoothness. Depending on how powerful your blender is and how creamy you want it, this may take a few minutes. 

Nutrition

Calories: 142kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 101mg | Potassium: 147mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 30IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1.7mg

Courses, Cuisines, and Keywords

Course
Breakfast
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dinner, lunch, side
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Snack
Cuisine
American
Keywords
nut butter
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spicy cashew butter
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vegan nut butter

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