Oct 28, 2013

South Indian Mixture (Chivda)

For Diwali I always make this.

Prepare Time                  10 min
Cook Time                      40 min
South Indian Mixture

Ingredients
Chick Peas Flour (Besan)                 3cups
Rice Flour                                         1cup
Chili Powder                                     2tsp
Asafetida                                          1tsp
Aval (Beaten rice)                             1cup
Ground nuts                                      1cup
Porikadalai                                       1cup
Butter                                                3tbsp
Curry leaves                                      few
Salt to Taste...
To Fry and Powder
Red Chilies                                         7
Asafetida (LG)                                a small piece
Fry these with little oil and powder coarsely.

Method
Mix besan, melted butter chili powder, salt and asafetida with water make a thick dough.
Heat a pan with oil.
Take sev press, fill with dough and press it in oil. Fry it till it becomes crisp.
Prepare all sev and keep. I never add bundhi to this mixture.
Fry the ground nut with curry leaves, aval and porikadai separately into crisp. mix all, add salt and ground chili spices.
Aval fry fast and keep them in paper towels.
(Add salt and spices according to your taste)

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