Corn Poha Mixture

Celebration includes Sweets and Savoury/Namkeens. The varieties of sweets and salty dishes do add colours to festivals. I think every one agree with me. My feeling is that the preparations should be short and quick and not that heavy to munch.  Thinking of this I have prepared " Corn Poha Mixture", which is very easy to prepare and love to munch whenever you feel like. 

Corn Poha is prepared using Sweet Corn. Poha fluffs up when You fry. It has a crunchy feel. So here we go with one more crunchy munching " Corn Poha Mixture.

It is as simple as always. A very few ingredients are used . Corn Poha Groundnuts, salt and chilly Powders is the basic Ingredients.

You can add what ever you wish to. Example Sev/Om Pudi and  Puffed rice/Mandakki etc, etc.

Let us see the recipe now :

Ingredients :

Corn Poha : 2 Cups.

Oil : 1 Cup

Ground Nuts : 1/2 Cup

Salt : As required 

Chilly Powder : 1/2 or less than 1/2 Teaspoon

Curry leaves : 1 Handful. 

Method :

1. Wash and dry curry leaves. ( Moisture should be disappeared). 

2. Keep corn poha in a plate.

3.  Keep a frying pan on the fire and put oil to it.

3. Let it get hot. Take a small quantity of corn poha and leave it slowly in hot oil.

4. Let the flame be medium. Corn Poha starts to fluff up. 

5. Once it fluffs up remove done corn poha from oil. Put it on kitchen tissue.

6. Repeat the same procedure and fry all the corn poha.

7. The flame should be adjusted according to heat.

8. Now fry groundnuts and curry leaves till golden brown. Remove and put it on a kitchen tissue.

9. Put fried corn poha and groundnuts to a big bowl.

10. Add required salt and chilly powder mix it well. 

11. Now " Corn Poha Mixture " is ready to serve.

12. I have added little Puffed Rice/Mandakki/Puri to it. 

Note :

Take care of the flame while frying Corn Poha. You can use a big siever to fry corn poha. Put little corn poha to a siever and dip that siever in hot oil. It is easy to fry with siever. 

Use of more /less ground is optional. Any other spice like garam masala, chat masala can be added instead of chilly powder.(Optional).

Time : 20 Minutes.

Serves : As you wish.  

Quick Kodubale

Happy Deepavali to All. Festival of lights ..spreading the light to each and every one..Stay blessed.

Deepavali is fun to enjoy with full of hearts. Lighting Jyothis to chase away the darkness, bringing happiness by distributing sweets and namkeens (salted snacks) is a good thought indeed. Lets have one more spicy snack which is very famous in India and other countries of the world. That is Kodubale. Kodubale means a bangle shaped spicy snack.

It can be prepared using different ingredients. I too have prepared some different varieties of kodubales.

Let us see the recipe of Quick Kodubale. Kodubale, one of the yummy dish which goes well with a cup of coffee, as a side dish like papad, or when you are watching movie or any t.v. serial. 

I have used rice flour, chenna flour, chiroti rava, chilly powder, little jeera, oma (ajwan), salt and butter.

No maida/all purpose flour in this Kodubale recipe. You can also prepare lovely nippattu with same dough.

Things Needed :

Fine Rice flour : 2 Cups

Roasted Chenna / Pottu kadale/Huri kadale : 1/4 Cup

Chiroti Rava /Thin variety of semolina : 1 Tablespoon

Butter :  1 1/2 Tablespoons

Chilly Powder : 2 Teaspoons

Ajwan/ Oma /Carom seeds : 1/2 Teaspoon

Salt : As required :

Jeera /Cumin Seeds : 1 Teaspoon

Ingh/Asfoetida : A little 

Cooking Oil : 2 Cups or little less

Method :

1. Take a big bowl and add rice flour, rava/thin semolina, salt, butter, jeera, Carom seeds, Ingh and chilly powder.

2. Powder Roasted Chenna and add it with other ingredients. Mix all the ingredients well.

3. Add required water slowly and prepare dough. Kneed the dough well.

4. Divide the dough into small portion.

5. Take a small portion of the dough and then with your palm make a rope shape.

6. Join two ends and make circle. Arrange these done kodubales in a tray or plate.

7. Keep a frying pan on the fire and heat. Slowly drop in the done kodublales. 

8. Fry them on low and medium flame till they turn golden brown. 

9. Fry them on both sides and remove it from the oil. Put it on a kitchen tissue.

10. Repeat the same with remaining dough and prepare kodubales.

11. Store them in a airtight bottle /box once it is cooled.

12. Serve with cup of coffee/tea/Fresh juice.

Note :

Do not add more butter. It will turn very soft and get powdered while frying. You can also add sesame seeds instead of carom seeds. Use of more chilly is optional. Use of any cooking oil is optional. Do not make the dough very soft. It absorbs more oil if the dough turn very soft. Add little more rice flour and kneed the dough well before preparing. 

Time 30 Minutes

Serves : 25 to 30 Kodubales. (According to size and shape.