Chiwda / Poha Mixture

Ingredients:

Poha - 1 cup / 100 g
Roasted gram - 2 tbsp
Groundnuts - 2 tbsp
Cashews - 6-8
Raisins - 5
Curry Leaves - 2 sprig
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Chilly powder - 1/4 tsp
White pepper powder - 1/8 tsp
Kashmiri Chilly powder - a pinch
Cumin powder - a pinch
Salt, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• Heat oil in pan.
• Once it is hot, reduce the flame to medium.
• Now fry the roasted gram (pottukadalai) and once fried set aside.
• Nod fry the groundnuts and set aside.
• Then fry cashews and raisins one by one and set aside.
• Add poha little by little and fry it.
• Transfer it to a plate and fry the remaining poha.
• Turn off the flame and add in curry leaves.
• Transfer this to a plate.
• Drain excess oil.
• Add all these to a bowl and mix it.
• Add in spice powders and salt and toss well.
• Store it in air tight container.
• Yields 160 g of mixture.

Note:
We found it to be spicy, you can adjust to your taste.