Namkeen Chivda | Poha Chivda

Published On February 9, 2023
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Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
10 minutes
Difficulty Level
Intermediate

Ingredients

FOR PREPARING SEV :
Gram flour / Besan - 1 Cup
Salt - As per taste
Red chilli powder / Lal mirch powder - 1 tsp
Carom seeds powder / Ajwain powder - 1 tsp
Mustard oil - 2 tsp + For greasing + For frying
Water - As required
OTHER INGREDIENTS :
Flattened rice / Poha - 1 Cup
Peanuts / Mungfali - 1/4 Cup
Almonds / Badam - 7 to 8 Halves
Cashews / Kaju - 7 to 8 Halves
Raisins / Kishmish - 2 tsp
Dry coconut / Sukha nariyal - 1/4 Cup chopped
Curry leaves / Curry patta - A few
Mustard oil - For frying
FOR PREPARING POHA CHIVDA :
Dry mango powder / Aamchur - 1 tsp
Powdered sugar - 1 tsp
Black pepper powder / Kali mirch powder - 1/2 tsp
Red chilli powder / Lal mirch powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)
Salt - As per taste
tsp = teaspoon
tbsp = tablespoon

Instructions

FOR PREPARING SEV :
Take gram flour in a bowl. Add salt, red chilli powder, carom seeds powder, and 2 tsp of hot oil. Mix well.
Now add water gradually to prepare soft consistency dough.
Take a handy sev machine and grease it with oil from the inside. Use a mould for thin sev (a mould with smaller holes) to make sev.
Place the mould at the bottom of the machine and place the dough in it. Close the machine tightly.
Meanwhile, heat oil in a frying pan. Then keep the flame low and hold the machine over the oil and turn the handle of the machine. Move the machine in a circular motion over the oil and keep turning the handle continuously.
Now keep the flame high. Fry the sev for 1 to 2 minutes until it becomes light brown.
Then flip it and fry it from the other side for 1 to 2 minutes. Once done, take it out to a plate using a slotted spoon.
FOR FRYING OTHER INGREDIENTS :
Add the poha to the same hot oil pan. Fry it on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir it continously. Deep fry them until turns crispy. Once done, take it out to a plate using a slotted spoon.
Then add the peanuts, almonds, and cashews to the same hot oil pan. Fry it by stirring occasionally on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes. Once done, take it out to a plate using a slotted spoon.
Further, fry raisins in the same hot oil pan. Fry it by stirring occasionally on a medium flame for a few seconds. Once done, take it out to a plate using a slotted spoon.
Add dry coconut to the same hot oil pan. Fry it by stirring occasionally on a medium flame for 1 to 2 minutes. Once done, take it out to a plate using a slotted spoon.
Lastly, fry curry leaves for a few seconds and take it out to a plate using a slotted spoon.
FOR PREPARING POHA CHIVDA :
Take all fried ingredients sev, poha, peanuts, almonds, cashews, raisins, dry coconut, and curry leaves to a plate to tissue paper to remove excess oil.
Add dry mango powder, powdered sugar, black pepper powder, little salt, and red chilli powder. Mix well.
'Namkeen Chivda | Poha Chivda' is ready to be served with tea.