Idli is vegan and gluten-free and is a popular healthy south Indian dish. Here I share my foolproof recipe that will help you in making the best idli.
Chivda
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I was supposed to make chivda for Diwali, but Pappa sent some, so I kept aside the Pohe I had brought. I had purchased the Pohe/beaten rice called Bhajke Pohe as for one the Rain God is still making his presence felt and secondly as I am not confident about the way the Patal pohe (the thin one) have to be roasted to get the beautiful crunch that chivda has.
Bhajkya Pohe Chivda Recipe
A variety of poha that's pre-roasted you can just make Chivda out of it. Bhajkya Pohe Chivda is a healthy option. Try it!
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Servings: 1 kg
Calories: 25kcal
Equipment
- Kadhai/wok
- Spoons and Ladles
Ingredients
- 850 grams bhajke pohe
- ½ cup oil
- 2 teaspoon mustard
- 250 grams groundnuts/peanuts
- 150 grams puthne/roasted bengal gram
- 3 springs of curry leaves
- 7 green chillies minced
- ½ teaspoon haldi/turmeric powder
- 4 teaspoon of red chilli powder
- 2 teaspoon hing
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Salt
Instructions
- In a kadhai/wok heat oil.
- Add 2-3 grains of mustard if they start spluttering immediately add the rest.
- Add the groundnuts next and stir occasionally, you hear them popping.
- Next, add Puthne again stir till you get a lovely fragrance of the roasted/fried nuts. (Check note 4)
- Add the green chillies and curry leaves.
- After about ½ a minute add the haldi/turmeric, chilli powder and hing/asafoetida. Stir well.
- Add the lime juice. Be careful as the oil will splutter a lot. Once the spluttering stops switch off the gas and get the kadhai/wok off the flame.
- Add the pohe, salt and sugar. Mix well.
- Store in an airtight container.
- Serve in bowl or plate.
Notes
- This is mild chivda. If you want it spicy add more green chillies, chilli powder.
- Adjust the taste and use more/less sugar and lime juice to suit your taste.
- I case you do not have lemon add ⅛ teaspoon of citric acid crystals in 2-3 tablespoon of water.
- Add cashew nuts and dry coconut/chobra pieces, raisins, almonds.
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Priya says
Droolworthy chivda, feel like munching some..
Sushma Mallya says
Nice to have it at tea time…
Priya Vj says
Chivda is an all time favorite whether diwali or no diwali .. I feel poha chivda is perfect for guilt free snacking as it hardly uses any oil.
Is bhajke pohe same as patal poha ?
ArchanaPotdar says
No Priya, Bhajke pohe are spiky and thicker. Will share pictures when I pick some up this week. Patal Poha are flat and thin.