Kachcha Chivda

Presenting Chandrapur's favorite street food, kachcha chivda means raw chivda. Flattened rice is mixed with crushed chilli garlic, roasted peanuts and phodni (tadka)

RECIPE 

Serves 3

Prep time  5 min

Cook time 10 min

Tools: Kadai, mixing plate

INGREDIENTS 

Poha (thin) 1 cup

Green chillies 3

Garlic 5

Coriander leaves 2 tbsp 

Peanut 2 tbsp

Peanut oil 3 tsp

Black mustard seeds 0.5 tsp

Salt 0.5 tsp

Turmeric powder 0.25 tsp

Lemon 1 no.

METHOD 

Crush green chilli and garlic, wash and chop coriander leaves.

Place a kadai on low heat, add oil and poha and roast for 2-3 minutes. Transfer it to a mixing  bowl or plate.

Wipe the pan with tissue. Add oil and toast peanuts for a minute by continuously stirring.

In the same kadai add oil, when it heats add mustard seeds. Let the seeds splutter. Switch off flame, add turmeric powder salt in the oil. To the plate with roasted poha add crushed chilli garlic, peanuts, coriander and tadka.

Kachcha Chivda is ready, Serve with a piece of lemon.

Tips: Spice level can be adjusted to ones liking.

Some people also like to add crushed ginger.Roasting poha is optional. Its typically used raw.

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