South Indian Spicy Mixture( Chivda)

Spicy Mixture (South Indian Chivda) This mixture  tastes salty and spicy. Serve this spicy mixture with coffee to your guests.So tasty.

Ingredients

• Gram flour(Besan) ..........................4 cups
• Rice Flour .....................................1 cup
• Chili Powder .................................3 tsp.
• Asafoetida (Hing)..........................1tsp 
• Aval (Puffed Rice) .........................2 cups 
• Pori Kadalai(Chutney Gram) ....... one and half cups
• Curry Leaves ...............................few
• Butter .......................................... half stick
• Groundnut ....................................half kg
• Cashew Nuts............................... quarter cup
• Salt to Taste
• Oil to fry

Method

• Mix besan, salt, chili powder, hing and melted butter. 
• Make a thick smooth dough by adding water as necessary . 
• Heat a pan with oil. Take a handful dough place in a sev mold and press carefully over the hot oil . 
• Turn and fry the sev until golden and crisp. 
• Drain on paper towel. 
• Do this till the dough finishes.
• Fry the puffed rice(take it out immediately when it becomes fried) porikadalai, groundnuts , cashew nuts and curry leaves in the oil and add to the sev. 
• Mix well by adding 1 more spoon chili powder, little salt and hing.