there are days when you want to be light and eat also light. i made these lightly spiced puffed rice ( murmura chaat) on such a day.
we just had this and some fruits this day. may be the travelling back home from coimbatore was taking a toll on us.
i also kept the spicing, flavoring light. i did not add roasted gram or peanuts or onions to the puffed rice (murmura).
just lightly roasted the puffed rice with some turmeric, asafoetida, black salt and curry leaves.
added some chopped boiled potatoes and topped with a little sev. and the light chaat was ready.
feel free to add various tidbits to the puffed rice the way you or your family likes. to make this you will need puffed rice which is also called as murmura in hindi.
the other ingredients for murmura chaat are easily available in any indian kitchen. fine sev ( fried gram flour vermicelli ) can be given a miss if you don’t have them.
make a whole lot and store in an air-tight jar… of course minus the potatoes… you can munch these whenever you want.
on a small note, just to let all my readers know – the blog crossed its maximum limit of page views day before yesterday.
yes, there was approx 7400 page views in one day… thanks to all my readers for your encouragement, for trying the recipes in your homes and also for taking out the time to comment on the blog.
you might also love to check these rice dishes:
- hyderabadi veg biryani
- vegetable yakhni pulao
- south indian mushroom biryani
- restaurant style veg dum biryani
recipe details for murmura chaat below:
ingredients
- 2 cups puffed rice
- 1 medium size potato, boiled, peeled and chopped
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- a pinch of asafoetida/hing
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 2 tsp oil
- 1 or 2 tbsp fine sev
- black salt as required
method:
- heat oil.
- lower the flame and add the curry leaves.
- fry for a minute.
- add the turmeric and asafoetida.
- stir and immediately add the puffed rice.
- roast the puffed rice till they become crisp.
- do not brown them.
- add black salt.
- when serving, add some boiled potatoes and top up with sev.
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Dassana,
This is a favourite post of mine. I loved the snapshots and the the leaf bowls.
!
Unsuccessfully tried to get some during my India visit.
Could you send me some?
woah! Congrats on the record!:) you deserve it all and more!:)
thanks richa
your recipies are always easy to make ……. the ingredients are easily available. congratulations for the new record ……..may you go a long way ahead!!!!!!!!!
thanks muskaan.
Hi Dassana first of all kuddos to you may you have many many more visitors and followers. The murmura chaat is my fav tea time snack. Gr8 pics and presentation.
thanks supriya.
We have this almost everyday. The potato is optional but we add some lightly sauteed groundnuts. I microwave the murmura for about 40-50 secs and they are nice and crisp.
the microwave technique is new to me. i always fry the murmura the traditional way.
Your Blog is worthy of visits, keep it up.
My Mom used to make this version at home and so do many of aunts. However, it was not called chaat maybe because they wanted to keep away the children from the whole concept of eating the chaat from outside:)
thanks family cook. you can make this “chaat” for your kids too. at least they won’t eat chaat from outside
Hey Dassana that is fantastic news and a great achievement, looking forward to a 10K soon
. Very well deserved! Murmura chat is my anytime fav.
thanks anamika.
Nice n simple recipe..congrats for the new record..
thanks pratibha.
Quick and easy snack….guilt free too