Cereal Chivda Munchies Recipe
The following is a version of Cereal Chivda inspired from Jugalbandi and Delhibelle's. It is insanely tasty and addictive so make it at your own risk... I've made at least 8 batches of it so far and it disappears fast!
By Bharti
Cereal Chivda Munchies
Ingredients
- 2 cups of brown rice puffs
- 2 cups plain cheerios or O cereal
- 3 cups of raisin bran cereal
- 1/2 cup roasted peanuts
- 1/4 cup raisins (optional)
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds (rai)
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
- 4-5 curry leaves
- 2 green chillies slit in the middle
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
- 3/4 teaspoon Mango powder (amchur)
Method:
Heat the oil. Add the mustard seeds. When they start spluttering add cumin. Next add the green chillies and curry leaves. Fry them for a minute on low heat till crispy.
Add all the cereal, peanuts and raisins and cook for a 2-3 minutes. Keep tossing them to make sure that the ones on bottom don't get burnt. Turn off the heat and add the salt and spices. Adjust the spices to suit your taste of course.
Cool. Store in an airtight container. Tastes better the next day.
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