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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Puffed Brown Rice Chivda


Chivda is one of the easiest snacks to pull through in a short time without much efforts. This dish gets prepared frequently in my kitchen as my picky daughter eats it without any complaints. This suits little kids' palates as it is not an overtly spicy dish. Feel free to add / omit ingredients as you like. For ideas, check chivdaspicy puffed rice and poha chivda.
(We simply call chivda type dishes as fried poha / fried puffed rice and so on. When I thought of posting this, I didn't know what to call it and called chivda since it is prepared along similar lines.) 

Ingredients: 
4 cups puffed brown rice
2 - 3 Tbsp of cashews / peanuts
2 handfuls of roasted chickpeas (dalia)
1/2 cup of kara boondhi
1- 2 Tbsp oil
Few curry leaves (wash and pat dry)
4-6 dried red chillies
Salt to taste

Method:
* Heat oil in a wide pan and add mustard seeds and cashews / peanuts.
* Fry until cashews / peanuts turn golden brown and then add dalia, curry leaves, red chillies and saute for few seconds.
* Next add puffed rice and salt. Saute for a couple of minutes or until the puffed rice is crispy. Turn off the stove.
* Let cool and transfer the mixture to an airtight container.


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Comments

14 comments:

vaishali sabnani said...

So good to munch on, light, crunchy, full of flavour, but I have never seen brown puffed rice.

Vimitha Durai said...

Will make a great snack...

Priya Suresh said...

Super crunchy munchies, love to finish that bowl anytime.

Srivalli said...

This is such a go to snack right ..looks very spicy and inviting!

Ms.Chitchat said...

Perfect snack with a cup of hot coffee :):)

FewMinute Wonders said...

Love such healthy munchies.

Harini R said...

Love it anytime. We used to mix in chutney podi to puffed rice and have it as an instant snack! Should try out puffed brown rice sometime.

Pinksocks said...

So much love in one bowl. Lovely combo.

preeti garg said...

What a yummy and healthy crunchy bhel

Rajani S said...

Good one to munch on...

sujitha said...

Crispy puffed rice love to have this with a hot cup of tea....

veena said...

perfect snack for kids and adults alike. I raichur it is called as chuda...a spicy one

Pavani said...

I haven't made chivda with puffed rice.. It looks crispy & yumm!

Archana said...

Like Vaishali I have never seen brown puffed rice. but this sure is a healthy and complaint free snack. :)