KARA BOONDI

KARA BOONDI

 spicy deep fried snack, made of gram flour batter and spices

     INGREDIENTS:

1.  1 cup besan (bengal gram flour)
2. 1 tsp rice flour
3. baking powder - a pinch
4. edible orange color - a pinch
5. 10-15 curry leaves
6. 6-7 garlic flakes
7. 1 tsp red chili powder
8. salt to taste
9. 1/4 cup peanuts

 METHOD:

• Combine besan, rice flour, baking powder and orange color in a mixing bowl. Add enough water to make it like bajji batter. It should not be too thick and too watery. 
• Heat oil in a kadhai. Take boondi ladle or normal ladle with small holes and keep on top of the oil at a distance.
• Pour a large spoonful of batter on the ladle and tap with the spoon. Droplets will fall in oil.
• Fry till the oil sputtering sound stops and remove boondi from the oil. Drain the oil using absorbent tissue paper. Proceed with the remaining batter.
• Heat oil in another kadhai and fry curry leaves, garlic flakes and peanuts. Mix it with boondi.
• Add red chili powder and salt to taste. Mix everything well. Store in an air-tight container. Serve as it is or mix with puffed rice and serve.