Atukula Thalimpu

Ingredients:

2 cups Rice flakes

2tsp roasted peanuts

1tsp fried gram

2 dry red chillies

1 green chilli(optional)

5 cashewnuts

1 sprig curry leaves



1/4 tsp turmeric powder

1/4 tsp red chilli powder(as per your spice level)

1/4 tsp mustard seeds

1/4 tsp cumin seeds 

salt

oil

• First we puff up the rice flakes in 2,3 batches.
• To do this,heat 3 tsp oil in a shallow pan ,fry rice flakes till it puffs up.
• Keep stirring so that it gets puffed up evenly on high flame.Sprinkle some oil if needed.
• Now take them onto a oil absorbent paper.
• Repeat the same with remaining rice flakes.
• Now do the tempering,heat 1 tsp oil in a pan add mustard seeds,cuminseeds and curry leaves.
• When they start cracking add cashew nuts,peanuts,fried gram and broken red chillies and slit green chilli and fry again.
• Now add salt,turmeric powder mix well and stir in puffed rice flakes and mix well.
• Add red chilli powder as per your spice level to this fry for few seconds and turn off the flame.
• Cool this mixture,store it in an air tight container
• Serve it as evening snack or time pass food.
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