KARA PORI / MASALA KARA PORI / SPICY PUFFED RICE / MURMURA CHIVDA

INGREDIENTS:

Puffed rice(pori) - 4 cups
Pottukadalai (roasted gram) - 1 tablespoon
Peanuts - 1 tablespoon

Oma podi (sev) - 1/4 cup
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Asafoetida - a generous pinch
Curry leaves - a sprig
Salt - Puffed rice will be salted. Check and add if necessary.
Ghee - 1 tablespoon

METHOD:

Heat ghee in a pan. Add peanuts. When they are crispy add  pottukadalai, turmeric powder, chilli powder and hing. Give a quick saute and add  all other ingredients. Simmer the stove and mix well until the puffed rice gets coated well with all the spices and turns crisp. Crispy Kara pori is ready. When cool, store in an airtight container.  

NOTE: Store bought sev or omapodi can be used. Roasted peanuts can be used.