Mandakki oggarane/ puffed rice poha/soosla

Ingredients

• Medium sized onion finely chopped -2
• Green chillies finely chopped - 1
• Putani/hurgadle/roasted Bengal gram+ Grated dry coconut - less than ¼ cup
• Puffed rice - 6 cups
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tea spoon
• Asafoetida - pinch
• Mustard seeds/ sasive - 1 teaspoon
• Kadle beLe/ chana dal - 1 teaspoon
• Udina bLle/ urad dal - 1 teaspoon
• Cumin seeds/ jeera - 1 teaspoon
• Oil - 3 tablespoons
• Salt to taste
• Lemon juice to taste
• Coriander for garnishing

Preparation

• Grind the roasted Bengal gram and dry coconut in a mixie to a fine powder and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Next add both the grams, cumin seeds, turmeric powder, asafoetida, green chillies and fry for a second.
• Then add chopped onions and sauté for some time.Later, take a large bowl filled in water.
• Soak the puffed rice well in the water and remove it in both the hands and squeeze the water completely and add this puffed rice into the pan.
• Repeat this procedure till all of the puffed rice is over.Sprinkle some salt and add ground powder and mix well on low flame.
• Take it off from the heat to garnish with chopped cilantro and a dash of lemon!

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