Kara Pori/Spicy Puffed Rice

We are in the 2nd week of 43 edition of blogging and the themes I chose,is healthy kids snacks.For the day 1,I am sharing you a healthy,guilty free snack kara pori.
My mom makes this snack often for school snack box or picnic snack.This kara pori can be made in jiffy and stays fresh for even a month if it is stored in an air tight container.Lets move on to the recipe...................................

Kara Pori

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time ~15 minutes

   Cooking time ~ 15 minutes

   Makes ~ 3 1/2 cups

    


  Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Puffed Rice/pori	3 cups
Peanuts	1/2cup
Roasted gram dhal/pottukadalai	1/3 cup
Red chilly powder	1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder/manjal podi	1/4 tsp
Asafoetida/perungayam	a pinch
Curry leaves/karivepillai	1 sprig
Garlic/poondu(crushed)	2 cloves
Salt	3/4 tsp
Oil	1 tbs

  

  Method 

• Heat a wide mouth pan and add the oil and add the crushed garlic,peanuts,fry it till the peanuts get crispy.Then add in the curry leaves and mix it till the curry leaves get toasted.Add the roasted gram dhal and mix it.

• Now add in the spice powders,asafoetida and salt,give it a mix.Add the puffed rice and mix it well till everything blends well.Put off the flame. 

• Store it in an air tight container after cooling.

Enjoy...........................................................

• Broken cashews can also be added for extra rich taste.
• Reduce the flame to low while adding the chilly and turmeric powder,otherwise it may burnt and turned into black.
• The chilly powder can be increased for a real spicy version.
• Instead of chilly powder,sambar powder can also be used.

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