Churmuri - A Simple Snack

Summer has been really busy this year with my parents visiting us. We have been busy with lots of travel, fun, summer activities and work of course. In all this, the biggest reason for my break was that i wanted to get away from cooking meals loaded with calories to cooking more nutritious healthy meals for all my family. You see I've been trying to loose those last few pounds forever! Something seems to have snapped inside me this summer! I have gone at weight loss these past few weeks like there's no tomorrow :-) Luckily i can see a small change and I'm more confident that I can get to my goal this time round. More about that later!
In the meanwhile, I'm here to post a simple recipe for an evening snack that is low fat and low calorie (in moderation). It also satisfies my spicy-tooth (i don't have a sweet-tooth you see!). After a full day of eating fruits, cereal, milk and salads, this spicy evening snack is a treat!

Churmuri
Spicy Churmuri
You will need:
5 cups Puffed Rice (Mamra, Muri, Borugulu, Pori)
2 tbsp Peanuts
1 tbsp Channa Dalia (Putnalu pappu or Chutney Dal)
3 tsp Red Chilli Powder
3 tsp Pappulu Pudi or Kandi Pudi
Salt to taste

For Seasoning:
6 tsp Oil
1 tsp Mustard seeds
2 tsp urad dal
1 tsp Hing or Asafoetida
a few Curry leaves

Method:

In a pan, dry roast the Muri or Puffed rice on medium to low heat. Keep stirring and roast until the muri is nice and crispy (takes about 10 minutes). Keep this aside in a large mixing bowl. Sprinkle on this roasted muri the pappulu pudi, salt, red chilli powder and mix well.

In another small seasoning pan, add about a tsp of oil and roast the peanuts and channa dalia or chutney dal until well roasted and crunchy. Transfer this to the mixing bowl with the muri. In the same pan, heat the remaining oil, add seasoning ingredients, turmeric and curry leaves. Saute for 1 minute. Add this seasoning to the muri mixture and mix well. Mix well until all the muri is well coated with a bright red from the chilli powder.

Serving Suggestions:

Serve dry in a bowl. Or Serve topped with chopped red onions, cilantro and a dash of lime. A simple evenign snack in a jiffy!

Churmuri- A Simple Evening Snack