Recipe- Amazing Snack Maharashtrian Spicy Bhadang

Bhadang is a crunchy and spicy Maharashtrian chivda made with thick puffed rice, also known as kurmura or murmura. It's mixed with peanuts, dried coconut slices (kopra), curry leaves, and spiced up with red chili and turmeric powders.

Each bite of this snack bursts with flavors that make your taste buds dance! The combination of peanuts, dry coconut, and curry leaves gives it an amazing crunch and texture. There are different versions of bhadang across Maharashtra and Karnataka. Some, like the ones from Sangli and Kolhapur, are super spicy and packed with flavor.

Making bhadang is super easy and quick. It's a snack that can be whipped up within minutes using basic spices found in every household. It's our favorite go-to evening snack, perfect with a hot cup of tea!

Ingredients

200 gram Puffed rice
1/2 cup Raw Peanuts
1/4th cup Dry Coconut Slices
1 tablespoon Mustard Seeds
1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
1/2 teaspoonHing (Asafoetida)
4 tablespoon Red Chilly Powder (depends on how spicy to like)
2 teaspoon Coriander Powder
2 teaspoon Cumin Powder
2 teaspoon Garam Masala
9-10 nos. Curry Leaves
1 tablespoon Sugar
Salt for taste
3 tablespoon Oil

Method

- In a heavy bottom pan heat oil.

- Add mustard seeds, when mustard seeds begins to crackle add turmeric powder, hing, curry leaves, coconut slices and peanuts. Keep the flame on low.

- Sauté for 2 mins till peanuts changes colour to light brown.

- Now turn off the flame, add a cup of kurmura / murmura followed by red chilly powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and salt. Mix and now add the remaining kurmura / murmura.

- Now mix the kurmura / murmura with the spices and on low flame now start roasting the kurmura / murmura. Roast kurmura / murmura continuously till they turns crisp. This process might take approximately 15 mins on low to medium flame.

- Once the kurmura / murmura are crispy and covered with all the masala add 1 tablespoon of sugar and mix well for a minute.

- Bhadang / Spicy Murmura Chivda is ready.

- Once Bhadang cools down, store it in an airtight container.

- Serve Bhadang as a snack with hot cup of tea or for mid day meal.