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