Gujarati Chewda: Recipe

(Gujarati Chewda is a healthy snake with a cup of tea or Coffee. Gujaratis enjoy it as snack on their holidays abroad as it is light and easy to digest.)

Ingredients:

Poha- 3 bowls

Peanuts- ½ cup

A pinch of mustard seeds

Handful of green chilies –cut into big pieces

Kari leaves cut into small pieces.

A pinch of asafetida

A pinch of turmeric

Sugar – 1tbsp

Oil -1tsp

Salt to taste

Preparation:

-Roast the Poha and peanut in a non-stick pan and make them crispy.

-Heat the oil in another pan and add the mustard seeds, asafetida, green chilies, Kari leaves and stir.  When the seeds crackle, add the turmeric as well.

-Add Poha and peanuts mixture to this other pan and mix it with the green chilis and Kari leaves.  Add salt and mix well.  Add sugar to it.

-You may also add fried cashew nuts and raisins to the mixture to enhance its calories.

-Let it cool for a while and store it in a box so that it remains crisp.

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