Come tea-time we all feel like eating something with our favourite beverage, chivda sounds definitely mouth-watering. This is a very famous snack from North Karnataka and Maharashtra. It is also a preferred snack during fasting or when guests pop-over, all in all it is a versatile snack.
Ingredients:
- 1½ Cup medium avalakki/poha
- 2½ Tbsp oil
- 1½ Tsp mustard
- ½ Tsp jeera
- ¼ Tsp hing
- 2 broken red chillies
- ½ Tbsp urad dal
- ½ Tbsp sesame
- 1 Tbsp desiccated coconut
- ¼ Cup groundnuts/peanuts/shenga/mungphali
- ¼ Cup roasted gram/daria/puthani/huri gadale
- 10-12 curry leaves
- 1 Tsp turmeric
- ¾ Tsp red chilli powder
- 1 Tbsp granulated/demerera sugar
- ¾ Tsp salt
Method
- In a thick bottomed pan, heat oil, add mustard and jeera. Let them splutter
- Add dry red chillies and hing. Fry till red chillies turn crisp
- Add urad dal and fry them till they start to turn light golden
- Add groundnuts and roasted gram. Fry till they are crisp and lightly change colour
- Add sesame seeds and fry
- Add desiccated coconut and fry for a few seconds
- Add turmeric and red chilli powder. Mix well
- Add curry leaves and fry till they crisp up
- Add sugar and salt and turn off heat. Leave it to cool
- Add poha/avalakki once tadka cools down. Mix well
- Heat on low flame till poha becomes crisp. Keep mixing the poha in between
- Enjoy with your favourite cup of tea/coffee or serve with yogurt/curd (super combo!) or madike usli/matki usal (again a super combo!)
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