Kara Boondi

Kara Boondi

Time: 30 min

Level:   Easy

Yield:   4 Cups

Ingredients

1 cup Bengal gram flour/besan flour

¼ cup rice flour

1 tsp. Red chilli powder

½ tbs. Salt (or as per taste)

2 tsp. cooking oil

¼ cup peanut

¼ cup cashew

10-15 curry leaves

Cooking oil for frying

Instructions

In a mixing bowl add Bengal gram flour, rice flour, red chilli powder, asafetida and salt and mix well.

First add small quantity of water and mix it well without any lumps. Then add water gradually to make the batter slightly thin. Then add 2 tsp. of oil (it helps to pour the batter smoothly)

Heat the oil. Check the batter consistency first by dropping very small amount of batter into preheated oil. (Using back of your spoon) Here looking for round Boondhi. If it boondhi flat add besan if boondhi forms tail add little water.  

Now you need 2 ladles with holes: one for making boondi and one for draining oil.

Use another ladle to spoon batter.  Pour one ladle batter over ladle with holes and spread it into preheated oil.

Wipe ladles. Fry with constant turning to ensure even cooking and drain oil once bubbling ceases and frying sound reduces or until golden color.

Repeat the process and finish the batter.

Finally fry peanuts, cashew and curry leaves.

In mixing bowl add boondi, fried peanuts, cashew, curry leaves, salt and sugar and toss them together.

Enjoy and store it in air container.