Chivda is a delicious, crunchy, and crispy Snack mix made with flattened rice (poha), puffed rice (murmura), and spices. You can easily find the poha and murmura in any Indian grocery store. I always make it in bulk and store it in a big container. It stays good for a month. It is my comfort food 😊 It can be done by using only poha (use thin poha), or only murmura, or a combination of both.
All the ingredients and portions can be changed based on your taste and requirement. Hence, I will mention only ingredients and avoid the measurements of the ingredients.
Ingredients:
- Thin poha
- Murmura
- Oil
- Peanuts
- Roasted chana (known as phutana or putnalu)
- Curry leaves
- Garlic
- Green chili (optional)
- Red chili powder
- Turmeric powder
- Coriander seeds
- Mustard seeds
- Cumin seeds
- Salt
- Cilantro (optional)
- Optional: cashews, dry coconut slices, sugar, sesame seeds, potato chips, etc.
Method: All ingredients should be crunchy and crispy.
- There are different ways to make thin poha crispy:
- Keep the poha under hot sunlight for a few hours (if possible)
- Pan roasting– in a thick bottomed pan, roast a small amount of poha at a time on low flame.
- Oven roasting– I use this method. On a baking tray, spread a thin layer of poha and roast it for 8 minutes at 350 F. It takes a lot of time, but it makes poha very crispy.
- Let it cool down
- Murmura does not need roasting.
- Crush the garlic cloves and coriander seeds together in a mortar & pestle. You can cut garlic into thin slices instead of crushing them.
- Take a pan and add oil to it, and heat.
- Add peanuts and fry them until golden. Remove and keep them aside.
- In the same oil, add roasted chana (phutana) and fry them until color changes. Remove and keep them aside.
- Similarly, fry curry leaves, cilantro, green chili pieces one by one. Keep them aside.
- In the oil, add mustard seeds cumin seeds and let them crackle. Then add crushed garlic/coriander and fry it until it changes color. Lastly, add turmeric powder, salt, red chili powder and turn off the stove.
- Once all the ingredients cool down, mix them together and chivda is ready.
- Transfer it to a container and enjoy!
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