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Crisp Rice Cereal Chivda

rice cereal chivda
Crisp savoury snack made of rice cereal.  Less oily, crunchy and tasty.

Ingredients:
Rice Cereal - 5 cups
Peanuts/Groundnuts/Shenga - 1/2 cup
Dry (Desiccated) Coconut Slices - 1/4 cup
Dalia/Roasted Gram Dal/Roasted Chickpeas - 1/4 cup
Curry Leaves/Kadipata/Karbeo - a sprig
Cayenne Pepper/Red Chili Powder - 1/2 tsp
Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Asafetida/Hing - 1/4 tsp
Turmeric/Haldi - 1/4 tsp
Powdered Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Salt
Oil

How to prepare Savory Rice Cereal Chivda: 
  • Wash curry leaves and pat them dry.
  • Heat about 2 tbsp oil in a big pan. Add peanuts and fry them till they slightly darken and turn crunchy. Save them for later. Similarly, fry coconut slices and dalia as well. You can also add fried sesame (til) seeds, cashews or any other nuts if you like.
  • In the same pan, add 1 tbsp oil. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves.  When mustard seeds pop, add turmeric, asafetida and cayenne pepper. Sauté for a minute or so and turn off the heat.
  • Add fried peanuts, dalia, coconut slices and rice cereal. Add salt and powdered sugar. Toss them well to mix all the ingredients well. Rice Cereal Chivda is ready to binge.
Rice Cereal

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  1. Suja ManojNovember 24, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    Delicious and spicy..love it.

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  2. Sushma MallyaNovember 24, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    Lovely crispy chivda, Delicious!

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  3. Priya SureshNovember 24, 2011 at 3:38 PM

    Crunchy munchy chivda,feel like munching some rite now..

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  4. ArtiNovember 24, 2011 at 7:45 PM

    Thats crisp and a very light snack. Perfect for breakfast or in the afternoon with hot chai:)

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  5. VardhiniNovember 25, 2011 at 12:05 AM

    Yummy snack .. resembles our mixture snack.


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  6. Hamaree RasoiNovember 25, 2011 at 12:06 AM

    My Mom makes it often for tea time snack...your's looking crunchy and spicy

    Deepa
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  7. chef and her kitchenNovember 25, 2011 at 3:45 AM

    yummy snack...looks delicious

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  8. hamaarethoughts.comNovember 26, 2011 at 3:05 PM

    its nice n easy can be tried at home ...lot of my Gujarati friends make it home ...they simply love it!

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  9. Kshipra RungtaNovember 30, 2011 at 2:07 AM

    lovely recipe dear. looks yummy!!

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