Every evening my hubby comes home and wants something to snack on. He would not like to eat upma, dosa and all, but would need something spicy or chatpata.Hence, my house would always be stocked with junk food like chips, mixture, chivda, ribbon pakoda n all. Unfortunately we both knew that eating such junk is not a healthy way to snack.I remembered when I was young, my mom used to insist having healthy snack and never liked us indulging in junk food. One of her recipes was this Masala Pori.
Pori / Kurmura is a healthy option for snacking and mixing it with simple spices makes it a tasty snack. Some people add Garlic to this snack, but I prefer keeping it simple.
Ingredients
- 3 cups Pori / kurmura / Murmura / Indian Puffed Rice
- 2-3 tsp Oil (healthy option : use olive oil)
- 1 small tsp mustard seeds
- 1/4 small tsp asefoetida or hing
- 1 tsp roasted chana dal (the one used in chutney)
- 2-3 tsp peanuts
- 2-3 chillies
- 1/2 tsp chilli pd
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric pd
- Salt to Taste
- Mix salt with the Pori and keep it aside
- Add oil to a small pan. When hot, add mustard seeds and let it splutter.
- Keep the flame on low and add asefoetida, roasted chana dal, chillies, peanuts, chilli pd and turmeric pd. Mix it lightly and Pour over the Pori.
- Mix the Pori with hand or with a ladle.
Though there is a bit of oil (which makes it little not so healthy), its indeed very tasty than crunching on junk food. Thanks for that, was a good surprise!
ReplyDeletein order to make it "healthy" u can use olive oil as it contains good cholesterol..
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