Name: Kara boondi
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 2 cups chickpea flour; 2 Tbsp rice flour; 1 pinch asafetida; 1 pinch baking soda; 1 tsp turmeric powder; Salt to taste; Oil for deep frying; ½ cup peanuts; 1 sprig curry leaves; 1 tsp red chilli powder

Kara boondi

17 Mar 2018

by Deepthi (in memoriam)

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

45 minutes

Total Time

50 minutes

Background

Kara boondi is a quick and easy anytime snack. This is a spicy fried snack made from chickpea flour. You need a special ladle for making boondi which is easily available in India. A mixture consisting of boondi, peanuts, curry leaves and a few spices makes a great evening snack item. This is one of the fried snacks that is made during Diwali in south India.

Ingredients

2 cups chickpea flour
2 Tbsp rice flour
1 pinch asafetida
1 pinch baking soda
1 tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying
½ cup peanuts
1 sprig curry leaves
1 tsp red chilli powder

Instructions

In a mixing bowl add chickpea flour, rice flour, salt, turmeric powder, asafetida, baking soda.
Mix with a spoon and add water little by little till the consistency is slightly thin.
Using a whisk make a smooth batter.
Heat oil in a deep bottomed pan. Take a dry perforated ladle and place it above the hot oil and add some batter with a spoon on the perforated ladle.
Spread the batter lightly with a spoon and allow the droplets fall in the oil.
On a medium flame begin to fry the boondi.
When the boondi has become crisp and golden, turn them with a slotted spoon.
Remove with a strainer spoon draining the extra oil. Place them on kitchen paper towels. Repeat the process till the batter is done.
In another small pan, take 3 table spoons of oil.
Add peanuts and fry till brown. Add curry leaves once the peanuts are fried.
In a plate add fried boondi, peanuts, curry leaves and red chilli powder and mix well.
Store the boondi in an air tight container.
Serve as tea time snack.