Spicy Puffed Rice

Ingredients

• 5-6 cups Murmur/Puffed rice
• 1/3 cup Groundnuts
• 1/3 cup Fried gram(Dalia)
• 4-5 Green chillies,cut into lengthy and thin pieces
• 1/4-1/3 tsp Citric acid crystals
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1/4 cup Curry leaves
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds
• 2-3 tbsp Oil
• Salt to taste

Method

1. Clean the murmur and keep them aside.Use fresh and crisp murmur for the recipe.
2. Dry roast ground nuts and remove the skin and keep them aside.
3. Clean and dry the curry leaves on a kitchen napkin.
4. Heat oil in a big kadai and crackle mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
5. Add slit green chillies and fry until they are crisp.
6. Add fried gram,roasted ground nuts,curry leaves and fry well for a couple of minutes.
7. Now add turmeric powder,Salt and citric acid crystals in to it and mix well.Immediately switch off the flame.
8. Add murmur and mix well until the masala coats the murmur.
9. Now switch on the flame again and roast the murmur for 2-3 minutes on low flame.This will make murmur more crispy.Now switch off and let it cool down completely.
10. Store in an air-tight container.