Chivda/puffed rice masala

Ingredients

• 5-6 cups Puffed rice
• 1/4 Peanuts
• 1/4 cup beaten rice
• 1-2 tsp Garlic paste
• 1/2 tsp Hing
• 1 tsp Red chili powder
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• Few curry leaves
• Sugar as per taste
• Salt as per taste

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Preparation

• Place the poha in a shallow microwave safe dish and microwave on HIGH for 2 minutes. Keep aside.
• Heat the sauce pan with oil, add cumin ; mustard seeds, curry leaves and allow them to splutter. Add garlic paste, peanuts and fry for few minutes.
• Add red chili powder, turmeric powder, hing , salt and turn of the heat. Add puffed rice and poha mix it with tadaka. It takes time to coat the oil all over the puffed rice. Gently mix it.
• Sprinkle powdered sugar, cumin powder and mix it. Let it cool completely. Serve with Bhaji /pakoda or just with mixed Sev.
• While tempering keep very low flame other, otherwise the masala will burn fast. If Puffed rice are soft, then dry roast them on low flame.
• This will help to keep them crunchy. Or Try with chopped Onion, Tomatoes, Coriander leaves and Lime juice.