Churumuri Recipe | Masala Mandakki
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Churumuri Recipe | Masala Mandakki
Description
This recipe begins by chopping fresh vegetables finely and grating carrot for texture. Puffed rice is roasted gently in coconut oil to crisp it without browning. Then, the puffed rice is mixed with roasted peanuts and flavored with Kashmiri red chili powder, turmeric, salt, optional black salt, and sometimes green chili for heat.
The fresh vegetables and lemon juice add moisture and freshness, balancing the dry crunch of the puffed rice and nuts. Garnishing with sev adds an additional crispy element. Coconut oil enhances the aroma and richness of the snack, but substitutions like sunflower oil or ghee can be used.
Churumuri works well as a light snack or appetizer. The level of spice and acidity can be adjusted to taste, accommodating different palates including children by reducing chili and skipping black salt.
The recipe is flexible for batch size adjustments and variations in ingredients such as adding boiled potato for more filling texture or skipping certain spices if unavailable.
Ingredients
- 2 cups puffed rice (murmura, mandakki, pori)
- ¼ cup peanuts or masala peanuts or congress kadelakai (bangalore style spicy roasted peanuts, roasted
- 1 teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder
- 2 to 3 pinches turmeric powder
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- ¼ to ⅓ teaspoon salt or add as per taste
- 2 to 3 pinches black salt - optional
- ¼ to ⅓ cup onion finely chopped, or 1 small to medium onion
- ⅓ cup tomato finely chopped, or 1 medium tomato
- ¼ to ⅓ cup carrot - finely grated, or 1 small carrot
- 1 to 2 tablespoons Mango – unripe, finely chopped, optional
- 1 green chilli - chopped, optional
- 2 to 3 tablespoons Coriander leaves - chopped
- ½ to 1 teaspoon lemon juice or add as per taste
- ¼ cup sev for garnish or add as required – optional
Instructions
Preparation
- Peel, rinse and finely chop the onion & tomato. Rinse, peel and grate 1 small carrot. Rinse and finely chop 1 green chilli and some coriander leaves.
- Keep aside. In the mango season, you can also add 1 to 2 tablespoons of finely chopped raw unripe green mango.
- Heat ½ tablespoon coconut oil in a pan or kadai. Keep flame to low or medium-low. Add the puffed rice.
- Mix and stir often for 2 to 3 minutes on low to medium-low heat.
- Roast puffed rice grains till they are crispy and crunchy. Do not brown the puffed rice.
Making churumuri
- Place the pan with the puffed rice on your kitchen counter and wait for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add the remaining ½ tablespoon coconut oil, kashmiri red chili powder, turmeric powder, roasted peanuts or masala peanuts or congress kadlekai (bangalore style spicy roasted peanuts).
- Season with black salt and regular salt or add as per taste. You can even skip black salt if you do not have it.
- Mix the coconut oil, peanuts, spice powders and salt with the puffed rice or mandakki evenly.
- Now add the finely chopped veggies, green chillies and coriander leaves.
- Quickly add the lemon juice. You can even squeeze lemon juice directly from halved lemons. You can add less or more lemon juice as per your taste buds.
- Mix quickly and serve Churumuri or Masala Mandakki straight away. If you serve after some minutes, the puffed rice becomes soggy.
- While serving you can garnish with sev (gram flour vermicelli) and a few coriander leaves.
Notes
- Adjust chili powder and green chili amounts for mildness when serving children.
- Sunflower oil or ghee can be used instead of coconut oil.
- Lemon juice quantity can be changed according to taste preferences.
- Black salt is optional and can be omitted if unavailable.
- Adding boiled potatoes increases snack fillingness.
- Roast puffed rice first in a tablespoon of oil, then add more oil with spices for best flavor.
- Recipe can be easily halved or doubled depending on serving needs.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 2Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 254 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 254kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 24g | 8% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Sodium | 785mg | 33% |
| Potassium | 319mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 3204IU | 64% |
| Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) | 0.4mg | |
| Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) | 0.3mg | |
| Vitamin B3 (Niacin) | 8mg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.2mg | |
| Vitamin C | 9mg | 10% |
| Vitamin E | 2mg | |
| Vitamin K | 7µg | |
| Calcium | 30mg | 3% |
| Vitamin B9 (Folate) | 32µg | |
| Iron | 5mg | 28% |
| Magnesium | 46mg | 12% |
| Phosphorus | 103mg | |
| Zinc | 1mg |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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