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Masala Kara Pori | Spicy Puffed Rice Recipe

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• Pori / Puffed Rice / Murmura – 2 cup 
• Roasted Peanuts / Groundnuts – _^1/4 cup
• Fried Gram Dal / Pottu Kadalai – _^1/8 cup
• Turmeric Powder – _^1/8 tsp (optional)
• Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
• Sambar Powder – _^1/2 tsp (optional)
• Salt – To taste

• Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
• Urad Dal – _^1/2 tsp
• Red Chilli – 2
• Hing – 2 generous pinch
• Garlic – 5 to 6 Pods (crushed)
• Curry Leaves –  2 to 3 sprigs
• Oil – 2 tsp

1. Keep all your ingredients ready, heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and let it splutter. Then add urad dal, red chilli, crushed garlic and fry till the raw smell of the garlic leaves, but don’t burnt it. The garlic should lend a nice flavour. Do everything in low flame.

2. Now add curry leaves, hing, turmeric powder, chilli powder, sambar powder and saute for a second. Then add peanuts, pottu kadalai and fry for 2 minutes.

 

1. Adjust red chilli and chilli powder as per your spice level to this spicy puffed rice recipe.
2. Mor milagai, byadgi chilli can also be used which gives a different flavour.
3. Don’t skip peanuts as it adds crunchiness to the snack.
4. For variation, roasted cashews can also be used instead of fried gram dal.
5. If preferred, raisins can be added, it gives little sweetness to the snack, but it is optional only.
6. Add hing and curry leaves generously which adds nice flavour. 
7. Garlic is the main ingredient from where the flavour of the recipe comes, also saute the garlic well.
8. Shelf life of this masala kara pori is 15 to 20 days. Store it in a dry and air tight container.