Masala Kara Pori / Spicy Puffed Rice Recipe

Moru Moru delicious Kara Pori !!!

Kara Pori is one of the Popular and a most common snack in South Indian Homes. Masala kaara pori makes a fantastic snack whenever you are craving for something to munch on. It is also one of the easiest snack recipes that you can do with the available ingredients in home. The only thing is Pori should be in your hand. A cup of this spicy puffed rice along with a cup of Hot tea during the evenings is a wonderful treat especially during this cold and rainy season. The addition of garlic, jeera and asafoetida gives such a nice flavour to our masala kara pori and you can enjoy this snack with out any guilt of gastric problems. 

There is another type of masala bhel which contains finely chopped onions, carrots, tomatoes, cucumber, coriander and lemon juice with chilly powder and salt that should be consumed at once. That chat won’t be good after an hour. But here we prepare the chat which lasts for few days when stored in containers. That is the advantage in this recipe. This will be a good evening snack for children after they come from school compared to store bought chips and other readymade snacks. Now let us see about the recipe.

Ingredients:

1. Pori / Puffed Rice - 250 gms
2. Roasted Groundnut - 2 tbsp
3. Roasted Gram - 2 tbsp
4. Red Chilli - 4 to 6 nos
5. Jeera = 2 tsp
6. Asafoedita - 1/4 tsp
7. Garlic -  4 big pods
8. Mustard - 1/4 tsp
9. Sambar Powder / Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
10. Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
11. Curry leaves - 2 sprig
12. Coconut Oil -   50 ml 
13. Salt as per taste

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Cooking Method:

Crush the garlic pods and cut the red chillies into small pieces.

• In a large Frying pan add coconut oil followed by mustard. 
• After it gets spluttered add crushed garlic pods.

• Then add red chillies followed by groundnut and roasted gram.
• Let it fry in oil for a minute.

• Add jeera and curry leaves. Fry for some seconds in medium flame. 
• Now the garlic pods are nicely fried in oil and looks crispy.
• Do not burn the Ingredients. 

• At this stage add Sambar powder, turmeric powder, asafoetida and salt. 
• Just fry them for seconds and turn off the stove.

• Add the puffed rice little by little and mix with the help of spatula. 
• Let all the ingredients mix nicely with the Pori.

Puffed Rice has turned out with a nice flavour and you can store in an air tight container once it is cool down. you can keep it for a week. 

Moru Moru delicious Kara Pori is now ready to have with a cup of Hot Masala Tea.

Notes :

• You can adjust the spices according to your need.
• Sambar powder gives a good taste. 
• Coconut oil is the main Ingredient as it gives a nice flavour, so try to avoid normal cooking Oil.