Spicy puffed rice | masala kurmura|Murmura chat|Kara Pori

Masala kurmura or Spicy Puffed Rice which is usually taken with tea and also most favorite street food is my all time favourite .i like to munch it whenever i am hungry




puffed rice is called Pori in tamil or Murmura in hindi,mamra in gujrati & kurmura in marathi.

 Puffed Rice  is airy and light .Being a part of bhel-puri which is a popular street food,murmura is also offered as prasad in temples.

We make a lot of dishes with this puffed rice such as kurmura chivda,dry bhel,kurmura ladu, Bhelpuri, Jhal Muri, etc.


 Today I have  a simple snack  low in calories which is my mausis recipe made from puffed rice which will satisfy your hunger pangs .she used to give me to munch in office.

This can be made using long varirty kurmura or round bhadang variety .

You can say this is an easy version of murmura chivda/kurmura chiwada


Make this simple snack for a movie night ,an attractive option for kids & adults.make it during janmashtami or stock it in huge containers for your kids lunch box.

It can be made during diwali festival too

 

Ingredients:

 Puffed rice or pori or murmura – 3 cups
 Peanuts – 1 cup  ( i had not added it)
 Roasted chickpea (dahalya) – 2 tbsp ( i had not added it)
 Oil – 1 tbsp
 Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
 Dried red chilies – 2
 Garlic pods – 4
 Curry leaves – 6 to 7
 Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
 Red chili powder – 1/4 tsp
 yellow shev /garlic shev -1 cup
 farsan mixture - 1 cup (optional)
sugar - 1 stp
 Salt to taste

Method:
 
1.Heat oil in a deep pan and add mustard seeds.
 2.When it splutters add garlic, roasted chickpea and peanuts. When garlic and chickpea becomes golden brown add turmeric powder.
 3.Toss it and add puffed rice. Mix everything well.
 4.Add red chili powder ,sugar and  salt. now add sev /farsan .Keep tossing over medium heat until puffed rice becomes crispy.



 5.Remove from heat. After it comes down to the room temperature, store it in an air tight container.


TIPS
1 you can skip roasted chickpeas,peanuts in above recipe
2.add chat masala /black salt instead of normal salt
3. whenever you want to eat dry bhel just add chopped onions,tomato,coriander,raw kairi (green mango ),boiled potato & squeeze lime juice ,
      add tamarind chutney ,garlic red chilli chutney & pudina chutney if you desire to make wet bhel