Diwali Recipe- Amazing Snack Poha Chivda

Poha chivda is a very quick and easy-to-make namkeen/chivda recipe. This chivda is prepared from thick poha/flattened rice. It is the same from which we prepare aloo or vegetable poha. Another variant of this is the roasted chivda that is prepared from thin poha. This is a fried version and so we have to let go the calories and just enjoy the snack.

Ingredients

1 cup thick poha/flattened rice
1 broken dry red chilli deseeded
¼ teaspoon asafoetida/hing
8-10 curry leaves
¼ cup peanuts
6-8 cashew nuts
6-8 almonds
1 tablespoon raisins
¼ teaspoon turmeric powder/haldi
¼ teaspoon amchur/dry mango powder
¼ teaspoon chaat masala
¼ teaspoon powdered sugar
1 tablespoon sesame seeds/til
salt to taste
oil for deep frying + 1 tablespoon oil

Method

- Heat oil in a deep pan for deep frying poha. When the oil becomes hot, take a fine sieve and place half the quantity of poha in it and immerse in oil.

- Fry on a medium flame till they become crisp and puff up. This will only take a few seconds. Remember to immerse poha in hot oil only. If the temperature of oil reduces to low, then it might be possible that poha will turn hard and oily.

- Remove on an absorbent paper and sprinkle turmeric powder and salt over it.

- In the same manner, fry the remaining poha.

- Now heat 1 tablespoon oil in a non-stick pan or kadai.

- Add dry red chilli, curry leaves, hing and peanuts. Saute on a medium flame for 2-3 minutes and then add cashews and almonds. Saute for about a minute.

- Now add raisins, mix and immediately add the fried poha. Mix well.

- Now add all the dry spice powders one by one – chaat masala, amchur powder, powdered sugar and sesame seeds. Also check and adjust the salt level at this stage.

- Remove from flame and let it cool. Store in an airtight container.