murmura recipe | spicy puffed rice | spicy murmura chivda with detailed photo and video recipe. a simple and easy snack recipe prepared with puffed rice, peanuts, roasted chana dal and fine sev. the recipe has less calories and healthier option compared to other street food options. the traditional bhel recipe contains deep-fried snacks and spicy chutney, whereas this dry bhel recipe is free from that unhealthy stuff making it diet bhel recipe.
murmura recipe | spicy puffed rice | spicy murmura chivda with step by step photo and video recipe. puffed rice are generally used as side ingredients in many indian recipes like dosa batter, idli batter and other south indian breakfast recipes. however, there are few recipes where murmura is used hero ingredients. spicy murmura chivda is one such recipe which is an ideal and healthy evening snack enjoyed with a cup of masala tea.
my previous post on puffed rice was churumuri, a spicy lip-smacking street food from south canara. i guess it was 2 years back and since then i have not posted any puffed rice recipe and i was getting several requests for puffed rice recipes. even though i have shared the spicy mixture recipe recently and i have used murmura as one of the key ingredients in it. but it wasn’t again the main ingredient and was one of the key ingredients. hence i thought of sharing this spicy murmura chivda recipe. basically, i got this idea from diet bhel snack offered from haldirams. i have tried to make it very similar to it, but it is less fancy and less spicy compared to the haldirams one.
while the murmura recipe or spicy puffed rice is extremely simple and can be prepared within minutes. yet some tips, recommendations and serving ideas for spicy murmura chivda. firstly, ensure to use crisp and fresh puffed rice for this recipe. stale or soft puffed rice would not have the same result and also may have an unpleasant odor. secondly, i have topped the spicy puffed rice with fine sev. but it can be easily extended by adding spicy mixture or any other chivda or namkeen. lastly, you can serve this by adding finely chopped tomatoes and onions with few drops of lemon juice. add these moist vegetables just before serving or it may turn soggy.
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murmura recipe | spicy puffed rice | spicy murmura chivda
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp oil
- ¼ cup peanut / groundnut
- 2 tbsp roasted split gram dal / putani / daria / roasted chana dal / pottu kadalai
- 1 tsp mustard / rai
- 1 dried red chilli, broken
- pinch of hing / asafoetida
- few curry leaves
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
- ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- 3 cup murmura / puffed rice / churumuri / mandakki
- 1 tsp powdered sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¾ cup hot sev, optional
Instructions
- firstly, in a large kadai heat 2 tbsp oil and add ¼ cup peanut.
- saute on medium flame till the peanuts turn golden and crunchy.
- now add 2 tbsp putani and roast on low flame. set aside.
- further add 1 tsp mustard, 1 dried red chilli, a pinch of hing and few curry leaves.
- saute and splutter well.
- additionally, add ¼ tsp turmeric and ½ tsp chilli powder. saute on low flame.
- now add 3 cup murmura and mix gently coating spices well.
- turn off the flame and add 1 tsp powdered sugar, ¼ tsp salt and ¾ cup hot sev. mix well.
- finally, cool the spicy murmura completely and store in airtight container for 2 months.
how to make spicy puffed rice with step by step photo:
- firstly, in a large kadai heat 2 tbsp oil and add ¼ cup peanut.
- saute on medium flame till the peanuts turn golden and crunchy.
- now add 2 tbsp putani and roast on low flame. set aside.
- further add 1 tsp mustard, 1 dried red chilli, a pinch of hing and few curry leaves.
- saute and splutter well.
- additionally, add ¼ tsp turmeric and ½ tsp chilli powder. saute on low flame.
- now add 3 cup murmura and mix gently coating spices well.
- turn off the flame and add 1 tsp powdered sugar, ¼ tsp salt and ¾ cup hot sev. mix well.
- finally, cook the spicy murmura completely and store in airtight container for 2 months.
notes:
- firstly, add roasted dry coconut, dry fruits and garlic to enhance the flavour.
- also, skip adding chilli powder if you do not want spicy puffed rice.
- additionally, roast peanuts well, else it remains raw and does not taste good.
- finally, adding fine sev to spicy murmura is optional, however, will make it tastier.