Roasted Poha Chivda
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Roasted Poha Chivda
Roasted Poha Chivda is a healthy and delicious savory snack from the Maharashtrian Cuisine. It is a popular tea time snack that is made using thin flattened rice, peanuts, curry leaves and some basic Indian spice seasoning. I have added golden raisins, cashew nuts, coconut slices and roasted gram dal in this chivda to make it a festive treat. Poha chivda is vegan and makes for a light evening snack and an excellent travel food as it has a good shelf life. This chivda has a perfect balance of sweet, savory and spicy flavors. With a simple fuss-free recipe, this roasted poha chivda can also serve as a good edible Diwali gifting option. A typical Maharashtrian Diwali Faral is incomplete without this delicious poha chivda.
What is Chivda?
Chivda is a popular Indian savory snack. It serves a delicious evening snack with tea or coffee. Chivda is generally made with a variable mixture of spicy fried dry ingredients like flattened rice (poha), puffed rice (murmura), oats, maize flakes, fox-nut (makhana), lentils, nuts etc. Making chivda at home is easy and fuss-free. Most of the Indian households have their own version of different chivda recipes and it is one snack that most of the Indian homes have stocked up in their Kitchen pantries all year round.
What goes into my Roasted Poha Chivda? The Ingredients:
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- Patal Poha / Thin Flattened Rice : There are 2 main varieties of flattened rice. We will be using the thinnest variety of rice flakes here. It is referred as patal poha in Marathi. The thick variety of flattened rice will not yield the same flaky, crispy texture in this poha as we do not deep fry the rice flakes we just roast them. I usually Sun roast them for few hours to reduce the time of roasting on gas-top. If you do not get enough Sunlight in your part of world, you will have to roast the poha until crisp before proceeding to make the chivda.
- Peanuts: Do not skip this as peanuts add a lovely crunch and nutty flavor to the chivda. In fact for us, it is not chivda, if it does not have a good amount of peanuts in it.
- Cashew Nuts and Golden raisins: It is optional to add cashews and raisins but it makes the snack festive.
- Roasted gram dal / roasted chana dal (daria): Roasted gram dal is roasted chana dal that is often used in chutneys. It adds a lovely nutty flavor and bite to the chivda apart from its various health benefits.
- Coconut: Thin slices of dry coconut is typically added in this poha chivda. It also adds a lovely nutty taste to the chivda and i would highly recommend its use.
- Curry Leaves : Curry leaves add a distinct aroma and flavor.
- Green Chilies: Add chilies as per your spice tolerance. This chivda recipe does not call for use of red chili powder. However, you may skip its use if making this chivda for toddlers.
- Cumin Seeds: Cumin seeds are added to the oil tempering.
- Hing / Asafoetida: Usually Hing is added to this poha chivda. However, you may skip it for a vegan version. Asafoetida as such is gluten free but
- Turmeric Powder: Gives a lovely golden color to the chivda.
- Sugar: I highly recommend this as little sugar does not make the savory snack sweet but balances the spicy and savory flavors.
- Black Pepper: I usually grind black pepper along with sugar and add it to the chivda towards the end.
- Salt to taste:
- Oil: This is roasted poha chivda, so oil is used only for tempering. For 1/2 kg of poha, i have used just 3 tablespoon of oil.
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- Healthy vegetarian snack
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- Vegan
- Can be Gluten-free (skip Hing/ Asafoetida)
- Toddler and Kid friendly
- Excellent travel food
- 1/2 Kg (500 grams) - thin flattened rice / patal poha
- 3 tablespoon oil
- 1/4 cup peanuts
- 1/4 cup sliced dry coconut
- 2-3 tablespoon Cashew nuts
- 2-3 tablespoon golden raisins
- 2 tablespoon sugar or as per taste
- 4-5 black pepper corn
- 2-3 tablespoon roasted gram dal / Daria
- 2 sprig Curry leaves
- 2-3 green chilies, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- Pinch of Asafoetida / Hing
- Salt to taste
- Sun roast the poha for few hours. In case, you do not get ample of sunlight, dry roast the poha on low flame for 4-5 minutes in a wok. Just keep the pan or wok tossing after few seconds. Do not stir the poha frequently with a spatula, as it may break.
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