Kara Boondi

Kara Boondi is a simple savory .I prepared for Diwali.. It is a crunchy snack. The method for making ladoo and boondi is the same. 

Ingredients:

Gram flour – 1 cup

Rice flour – 2 tbsps

Ghee/clarified butter -2 tsp

 Salt – to taste

Chili powder – 1 tsp + ½ tsp( adjust according to taste)

Asafetida – ¼ tsp

Oil – for deep frying

Cashews – broken (as required)

Ground nuts -2 tbslp

 Curry leaves –as required

Method:

  1.  Mix gram flour, rice flour, salt, ghee / clarified butter ,chilli powder, hing .Then add the baking soda and mix well

2.   Add little water and mix it well without lumps. Then add more water little by little and make a slightly thin batter. The batter should neither be very thin nor thick.

3.   Heat oil in a kadai for deep frying. When the oil becomes hot, to check take the boondi ladle and pour a little batter on the ladle. The batter will fall through the holes into the hot oil. f it drops as perfect rounds then the batter is perfect.

4.   Fry the balls till golden brown till the oil sound subsides to get crispy boondis.

5.  Take it out from oil and drain in tissue. Repeat this for rest of the batter.

6.   When it is done transfer everything to a wide bowl.

7.    Finally fry peanuts, cashews and curry leaves until crisp and Mix the boondis, Toss them to combine. Store in an airtight container