Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, rice flakes (thin poha) chivda. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Rice Flakes (Thin Poha) Chivda is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Rice Flakes (Thin Poha) Chivda is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
Chivda or Poha Chivda is a quick and easy tea time snack made with poha (flattened rice), dry fruits, peanuts, and spices. There are many variations of making this popular snacks also called as farsan or namkeen. In this post I am sharing two such delicious versions. Roasted Poha Chivda made with Thin Poha - Healthier Version A light, crispy snack the Poha Chivda is a traditional snack from Maharashtra (Western India) where I grew up.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook rice flakes (thin poha) chivda using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Rice Flakes (Thin Poha) Chivda:
- Get 250 grams Thin Rice Flakes (Poha)
- Take 2 tbsp fried Bengal gram (Futana dal)
- Get 1/4 cup peanut
- Make ready 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- Take to taste Salt
- Make ready 2 tsp turmeric powder
- Get 3 tbsp oil
- Take 9-10 curry leaves
- Take 1 green chilli
- Take 1 red chilli
- Get 1 pinch asafoetida (Hing)
- Get 1 tsp Mustard Seed
- Make ready 1 tsp cumin seeds
Thin poha are delicate and tend to break easily, hence you should gently stir it on LOW flame only. Take a little poha on your palms and crush it. Poha Chiwda is a very common and popular snack in Karnataka,Maharashtra and Gujarat. Again this has many versions but keeping in mind the "DIET" word,i am sharing a low cal version of it with no deep frying of ingredients involved.
Instructions to make Rice Flakes (Thin Poha) Chivda:
- In a pan heat oil. Now add asafoetida, mustard seeds, cumin. Now add peanut and roast well till it becomes brown and crunchy.Now in this add curry leaves, green and red chilli, futana dal. Roast for 2-3 minutes. Now add turmeric,salt and mix well.
- Now add thin rice flakes in it and mix well.
- Allow it to cool. Now add powdered sugar in it and mix well.
- Tasty Rice Flakes Chivda is ready.
Poha Chiwda is a very common and popular snack in Karnataka,Maharashtra and Gujarat. Again this has many versions but keeping in mind the "DIET" word,i am sharing a low cal version of it with no deep frying of ingredients involved. The best thing about this snack other than being low cal is …its easy to prepare,very tasty and has a great shelf life. Poha or aval is nothing but rice that has been flattened into flakes. It is also known as beaten rice.
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