Kara Boondi (Spiced Gram Flour Pearls Trail Mix)

Name: Kara Boondi (Spiced Gram Flour Pearls Trail Mix)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 cup Boondi (You can use readymade Boondi or better try making your own at home); 1/2 cup Peanuts; 5 - 6 Cashews (broken, optional); 5 - 6 Almonds (broken, optional); 10 - 12 Raisins (stems removed); 10 - 12 Curry Leaves; 2 tsp Salt (reduce to 1/2 tsp if you have salted Boondi); 2 tsp Red chili powder; 1 tsp Sugar (powdered ); 1 tsp asafoetida (Heeng); 2 tsp Oil

Amrita Iyer

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South Indian

About Kara Boondi (Spiced Gram Flour Pearls Trail Mix)

Kara Boondi is another great item for festive occasions like Diwali or if you want you can make this as a tea time snack for anytime use.

I personally have less of fried items these days so make this on festive occasions or times when I have guests for tea!

This was one of the most easy and sought after treats in the South Indian teatimes where the beverage is filter coffee (teatime stands for the time and not for the beverage here) coupled with crispy and crunchy Kara Boondi! Bliss!

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Recipe Time & More

Prep Time20 minutes mins

Cook Time10 minutes mins

Total Time30 minutes mins

Served AsSnacks

Recipe TasteSalty Spicy

Calories - 330 kcal

Servings - 5

Ingredients

▢ 2 cup Boondi You can use readymade Boondi or better try making your own at home
▢ 1/2 cup Peanuts
▢ 5 - 6 Cashews broken, optional
▢ 5 - 6 Almonds broken, optional
▢ 10 - 12 Raisins stems removed
▢ 10 - 12 Curry Leaves
▢ 2 tsp Salt reduce to 1/2 tsp if you have salted Boondi
▢ 2 tsp Red chili powder
▢ 1 tsp Sugar powdered
▢ 1 tsp asafoetida Heeng
▢ 2 tsp Oil

Instructions

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Heat 1/2 tsp Oil and add Heeng and 4 â€“ 5 Curry Leaves. Fry till the Leaves turn crisp. Cool and powder in a spice grinder with sugar, salt and red chili powder. Keep aside.
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Heat remaining oil and add the Peanuts. After 2 - 3 seconds add the cashews and Almonds (if using). Add the Raisins and fry till the Peanuts turn dark brown and the Raisins puff up into small balloons.
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You can fry the Raisins separately as well if you risk them getting charred. Drain on an absorbent paper and keep aside.
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After all the fried delights come to room temperature you can start mixing them. Take a large bowl or an airtight container and put half of the boondi, half of the fried nuts then half of the prepared spice powder.
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Follow with the rest of the Boondi, nuts and powder and mix with a wooden spatula to amalgamate the Boondi and nuts with the spice powder. Store in airtight jars.
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Enjoy with tea of coffee!

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Amrita Iyer

I am a passionate foodie who loves to cook, serve and love to see people relishing my creations. Since the time I was small I used to wonder about the 'how' of things in the kitchen.

Then when I finally ventured as an unprofessional kitchen helper for my late grand-mother (a par excellent cook in her own generation) I was fascinated by the amount of stuff you could do to a simple milk and rice to form a most yummy pudding.

Here I am sharing my recipes with a will to learn from some and educate others as well!

5 Comments

Aanish Karol

February 4, 2024 / 7:36 am Log in to Reply

This looks so good! Can’t wait to cook it.
awantika singhania

December 15, 2023 / 11:14 am Log in to Reply

Such a flavorful dish! Can’t wait to taste it.
Yogender Kumar

March 12, 2021 / 5:18 pm Log in to Reply

I’m eager to make this recipe!
Manjyot Tamber

July 31, 2018 / 11:54 pm Log in to Reply

What a great recipe! Thanks for sharing.
Hem Lata Srivastava

October 27, 2017 / 12:00 am Log in to Reply

cruncy delicious love it