Padmas Navaruchi

KHATTA -MEETHA CHIWDA

padmakmurthy

July 2, 2020

FRIENDS, This time I am going to show a tea time snack CHIWDA.

The main ingredient of this chiwda dish is a very thin variety of Flattened Rice or Beaten Rice.

This is a very light, crispy, sweet, and sour dish often taken as a light snack with evening tea. This is all time favorite dish, especially for children. Preparing this is very easy. Let us have a look.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR CHIWDA

Flattened rice or thin poha-6 cups
Ground nuts -3/4 cup
Fried gram-3/4 cup
Dry coconut thin small slices-3/4 cup
Curry leaves-1/4 cup
Dry grapes(kishmish)-1 tablespoon
Cashew broken into 1/2-1 tablespoon
Melon seeds-1 tablespoon
Sesame(Til)seeds-1 tablespoon
Oil-5 tablespoon
Sugar powder-1/2 tablespoon
Red chilly powder-1 teaspoon
Table salt -1 teaspoon
Amchur (dry mango powder)-1 teaspoon.or Citric acid powder- 1/4 teaspoon
Turmeric powder-3/4 teaspoon
Fennel seeds(saunf)-1 teaspoon
Asafoetida(hing)-1 small pinch

PREPARATION METHOD FOR CHIWDA

Firstly, sieve the Flattened Rice to remove broken pieces and dust.
Eat and check for its crispiness. If you feel it is not, then you either keep it in sunlight or for a few seconds in the microwave or even you can lightly roast it in a hot fry pan on a low flame till crisp.
Roast groundnuts in a frying pan till the aroma starts and the skin starts separating.
Roast fried grams for about a Minuit.
Now keep a big fry pan (which can accommodate all the ingredients)
Put about 5 tablespoons of oil in the pan and when hot add fennel seeds(saunf) and hing
Now add cashew, and melon seeds and til to it and mix. (flame should be low to avoid burning).
Add roasted ground nuts, fried grams, and dry roasted coconut pieces to it and mix.
Now it is time to add dry spices namely Red chilies, salt, turmeric, and Aamchur powder or citric acid powder.

To this mix, add the roasted flattened rice and mix nicely(light-handed) so as to avoid breaking the chiwda, At last, add sugar powder and mix. Taste the chiwda and can add more salt or chilly powder if needed.