Spicy boondi
Spicy Boondi, a simple deep-fried teatime snack prepared from besan or gram flour batter and spices, which is then mixed with roasted nuts and curry leaves.
Ingredients
- 1 & 1/2 cups Besan / Gram flour
- 1/4 cup Rice flour
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida (Hing)
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Chilli powder
- 1 pinch Baking soda
- Salt as required
- 1 tbsp Ghee
- 1/4 cup Groundnuts / Peanuts
- Few Cashew nuts
- Few Curry leaves
- Oil for frying
Instructions
Batter preparation
- Add gram flour and rice flour in a mixing bowl.
- Add asafoetida, turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt and mix everything well.
- Add water little by little to get a thin batter. Most likely a dosa batter consistency. It should not watery or too thick
- Add pinch of baking soda. Mix it well.
Frying boondi
- Heat enough oil in a pan for frying.
- Now take a dry perforated ladle/jhara and place it above the hot oil. With a spoon add some batter on the perforated spoon ladle/jhara. Spread the batter lightly with a spoon.
- Fry till it turns crispy
For mixture
- In another small pan, take 1 to 2 teaspoons ghee or oil.
- Add a handful of groundnuts / peanuts, fry till it turns crunchy and keep aside.
- Add few cashew nuts and fry them untill they turn golden.
- Add a few strings of curry leaves and fry them.
- Transfer the fried nuts and curry leaves into a bowl. Add salt and chilli powder according to your taste.
- Mix boondi and fried nuts together.
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