Cuisine Style: South India | Cooking Time: 10 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Type : Snacks | Take with: Tomato sauce, Green Chutney

Ingredients

• Peanut [Moongphali, groundnut, nilakadalai]– 1 cup
• Gram flour - 1/2 cup
• Rice flour – 3 tbsp
• Red chilli powder - ½ tsp
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Chaat masala powder– 1 tbsp
• Asafoetida[Hing, perungayam]- 1/4 tsp
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil for deep frying
• Water - 3 tbsp

Preparation

• Heat pan add groundnut, roast for 5 min.
• In a bowl add gram flour, rice flour, chat masala pwoder, asafoetida, red chilli, turmeric powder, salt & oil mix well
• Add peanut & 3 tbsp of water mix well [dont add too much water].
• Heat oil in a pan, sprinkle peanut mixture, deep fry till crisp & golden brown on medium hot oil.
• Once its ready remove from oil & drain on absorbent paper.
• Serve hot with curd rice, evening snack, tea or coffee

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Roast peanut for 5 min or you can soak it for 5 min

In a bowl, add gram flour & rice flour

Add salt

Add Red chilli powder & turmeric powder

Add asafoetida

Add Chaat masala

Add roasted peanut

Add Oil mix well

Mix well

Add water mix well.

Heat oil, sprinkle masala peanut & deep fry

Deep fry till crisp and golden brown

Crispy peanut ready, drain on absorbent paper

Fry curry leaves

Sprinkle curry leaves and serve with tea or coffee

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