Churumuri Recipe (Puffed Rice Snacks)

Churumuri recipe with step-by-step pics. Churumuri is a puffed rice snack that can be a road meals in Karnataka which is among the Southern Indian states. It’s vegan, gluten free, low fats and delicious snack comprised of puffed rice and some extra components. Simply get all of it in place and toss this snack inside 10 to fifteen minutes.

About Churumuri Recipe

There are numerous methods churumuri is made throughout Karnataka various from area to area. Puffed rice can be referred to as as mandakki in Kannada language.

Dry and moist snacks comprised of puffed rice are well-liked throughout India. Whereas in western India, Bhel Puri is well-liked. In japanese elements of India, there may be Jhal Muri.

Making churumuri may be very straightforward and inside quarter-hour you might be all sorted to serve. In contrast to bhel puri, one doesn’t have to make spicy and candy chutney for churumuri snack. You don’t even have to boil potatoes.

I make churumuri fairly typically than making bhel puri for night snacks when I’m in need of time. It’s tasty, wholesome in addition to filling.

For a filling churumuri, at occasions I additionally shortly steam potatoes within the Immediate Pot or a stress cooker. With boiled potatoes cubes, the churumuri tastes solely higher.

On this put up, I’ve shared a extremely fast model of churumuri.

One of many principal components on this Karnataka model churumuri is coconut oil which merely elevates your entire style of churumuri and imparts an excellent style. Whereas mustard oil is utilized in jhalmuri, coconut oil is added in churumuri.

In case you should not have coconut oil, then please skip it. Although an vital taste profile will probably be lacking.

Typically I even add ghee, however we desire the style of coconut oil over ghee. In case you like, you possibly can even add ghee rather than coconut oil.

When utilizing coconut oil, please do use edible coconut oil and never the beauty coconut oil that’s used for hair. Edible coconut oil is definitely obtainable on-line.

This churumuri recipe is spicy, tangy and crunchy which you’ll like. It has a melange of veggies like finely chopped onions, tomatoes and grated carrots together with some crunchy peanuts.

It’s spiced with purple chilli powder and inexperienced chillies. Although inexperienced chillies will be skipped. For a tang tasty I at all times add lemon juice. If making for small children then I recommend skip including purple chilli powder and inexperienced chilies.

In mango season, finely chopped uncooked unripe mangoes will also be added. You possibly can even add cucumber. With a assorted quantity of components added in it, churumuri makes for a tasty night snack.

The recipe serves two however will be simply scaled up and made for bigger servings.

Step-by-Step Information

The way to make Churumuri Recipe

1. Peel, rinse and finely chop 1 small to medium-sized onion. Additionally, rinse and finely chop 1 medium-sized tomato. Rinse, peel and grate 1 small carrot. Additionally, rinse and finely chop 1 inexperienced chilli and a few coriander leaves. Maintain apart.

Within the mango season, it’s also possible to add 1 to 2 tablespoons of finely chopped uncooked unripe inexperienced mango. Use a positive grater for grating carrot.

2. The subsequent step is to flippantly roast the puffed rice in some coconut oil. Warmth ½ tablespoon coconut oil in a pan or kadai. Maintain the warmth to low or medium-low.

Add 2 cups puffed rice. Roasting puffed rice helps in crisping them up and so they stay crisp for extra time.

3.  Combine after which stir typically for two to three minutes on low to medium-low warmth.

4. Roast puffed rice grains until they’re crispy and crunchy. Don’t brown the puffed rice.

Making Churumuri

5. Place the pan with the puffed rice in your kitchen counter and wait for two to three minutes. Then sprinkle 1 teaspoon kashmiri purple chilli powder and a couple of to three pinches turmeric powder. Additionally, add ½ tablespoon coconut oil and ¼ cup roasted peanuts or masala peanuts or congress kadlekai (bangalore model spicy roasted peanuts).

If utilizing some other kind of purple chilli powder, then add ¼ to ½ teaspoon of it relying on its spiciness and pungency. Moreover you possibly can even add ½ teaspoon roasted cumin powder at this step.

6. Season with 2 to three pinches of black salt and ¼ to ⅓ teaspoon common salt or add as per style. You possibly can even skip black salt when you should not have it.

7. Combine the coconut oil, spice powders, peanuts and salts with the puffed rice evenly. Combine very nicely. The coconut oil will soften with the warmth and heat of the roasted puffed rice.

8. Now add the finely chopped onions, tomatoes, inexperienced chilies, grated carrots and a couple of to three tablespoons chopped coriander leaves.

For small children you possibly can skip or add much less of the kashmiri purple chili powder and inexperienced chilies.

If utilizing boiled potatoes, then add at this step. Peel the potatoes and chop them earlier than including. You possibly can add 1 medium to massive boiled potato.

9. Shortly add ½ to 1 teaspoon lemon juice. You possibly can even squeeze lemon juice straight from halved lemons. You possibly can add much less or extra lemon juice as per your style buds.

10. Combine shortly.

11. Serve Churumuri in two bowls or plates instantly for greatest style and texture. In case you serve after some minutes, the puffed rice turns into soggy.

Whereas serving you possibly can garnish every bowl with 2 tablespoons sev (fried gram flour vermicelli) and some chopped coriander leaves. To make a much bigger serving you possibly can simply double or triple this recipe.

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This Churumuri Recipe put up from the weblog archives first printed on February 2019 has been up to date and republished on February 2023.