Poha Chivda Recipe with step by step pictures. This poha mixture or Chivda Recipe | Poha Chivda made with Poha, Roasted Gram Dal and Peanuts. Crunchy snack for evening.
Poha chivda recipe
This recipe is totally new to me, i have never heard about it until a viewer asked for the recipe. When i searched for this recipe, i came to know that this recipe is my favourite. Have tried it from haldirams namkeens range. Love them so much. I love their unique spice mix and the flavour of chat masala in this.
So yesterday i asked hubby to take me to supermarket. I looked for the ingredients list in their packet and took a note of it. I also found this cute little bucket in their utensil section. Got one and decided to take picture in them.
I made this today and it came out pretty good. I love to add lots of nuts and raisins in this, which makes this more tasty. Hope you will love this and let me know how it turned out for you.
Ingredients for Poha Chivda recipe
- Poha / Aval / Flattened Rice - 3 cups
- Cashew nuts - ¼ cup
- Almonds / Badam - ¼ cup
- Roasted Gram Dal / Pori Kadalai - ¼ cup
- Peanuts - ¼ cup
- Raisins / Kishmish - ¼ cup
- Oil for Deep Frying
For Spice Mix:
- Oil - 1 tbsp
- Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
- Curry Leaves a handful
- Sesame Seeds - 2 tbsp
- Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya podi - a pinch
- Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
- Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
- White Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
- Cumin Powder - 1 tsp
- Chat Masala Powder - 2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Sugar - 1 tbsp
How to make Poha chivda recipe
- Heat oil for deep frying. Drop poha in hot oil, fry for a min. Drain and set aside.
- In the same oil add cashews, peanuts, badam, roasted gram dal and fry till golden.
- Drain and add it to the poha.
- Now fry some raisin in the same oil for 30 sec. Drain and add it over the poha. Set this aside.
- Now drain off all the oil and reserve 1 tblspn of oil.
- Add in mustard, cumin, asafoetida and curry leaves, fry till the curry leaves turn crispy.
- Now add in sesame seeds and roast for a min.
- Add in all the other ingredients given in the spice mix list and saute for 10 sec.
- Add in the fried things and mix well with the spices.
- Fry this for couple of mins.
- Turn off the heat and let it cool down.
- Store this in a air tight container for a week.
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Chivda Recipe | Poha Chivda Recipe
Ingredients
- cups Poha / Aval / Flattened Rice
- ¼ cup Cashewnuts
- ¼ cup Almonds / Badam
- ¼ cup Roasted Gram Dal / Pori Kadalai
- ¼ cup Peanuts
- ¼ cup Raisins / Kishmish
- Oil for Deep Frying
- For Spice Mix:
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- Curry Leaves a handful
- 2 tbsp Sesame Seeds
- a pinch Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya podi
- 1 tsp Chilli Powder
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tsp White Pepper Powder
- 1 tsp Cumin Powder
- 2 tsp Chat Masala Powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp Sugar
Instructions
- Heat oil for deep frying. Drop poha in hot oil, fry for a min. Drain and set aside.
- In the same oil add cashews, peanuts, badam, roasted gram dal and fry till golden. Drain and add it to the poha.
- Now fry some raisan in the same oil for 30 sec. Drain and add it over the poha. Set this aside.
- Now drain off all the oil and reserve 1 tblspn of oil.
- Add in mustard, cumin, asafoetida and curry leaves, fry till the curry leaves turn crispy.
- Now add in sesame seeds and roast for a min.
- Add in all the other ingredients given in the spice mix list and saute for 10 sec.
- Add in the fried things and mix well with the spices.
- Fry this for couple of mins.
- Turn off the heat and let it cool down.
- Store this in a air tight container for a week.
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Anonymous
This is absolutely awesome, I was searching for this recipe
Akila
Thanks for the response😊😊
Anonymous
Can i use red poha
Hamaree Rasoi
simply awesome and lovely looking bucket of poha. Wonderfully prepared.
Deepa
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use
Tina Chahal
Love this recipe