Spicy puffed rice

Ingredients

• Puffed Rice - 2 cups
• Garlic - 3 large cloves
• Curry Leaves - 6
• Cumin Seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
• Chilli powder/Paprika - 1/2 teaspoon
• Salt - 1/4 teaspoon
• Raw Peanuts - a handful
• Roasted Chana Dal - a handful
• Turmeric Powder - 1/4 teaspoon
• Oil - 4 tablespoons

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How to make puffed rice?

Preparation

• In a small mortar, add the cumin seeds, salt and chilli powder.
• Crush them slightly using a pestel so that the cumin seeds get crushed roughly.
• Add the curry leaves and crush them too. Add the garlic cloves and crush them finely.
• In a deep non stick dish, heat the oil and add raw peanuts.
• On medium flame, cook for a minute or two till the peanuts get cooked, add the roasted chana dal and turmeric powder. Mix well.5
• Now add the ground mixture on low heat and mix well so that no lumps of the mixture remain.
• Mix well for a minute on low heat, till the raw smell of garlic disappears.
• Now add the puffed rice and on very low heat, mix them in such a way that each and every puffed rice gets coated with the mixture in the dish.
• Take off the heat and transfer the spicy puffed rice into a dish or container, close the lid after the spicy puffed rice cools down.