Ingredients

• 1 cup - Gram flour/Besan
• 1/4 cup - Rice flour
• 1tsp - Chilli powder
• A few curry leaves
• 1/4 cup - Raw peanuts
• 20 - Cashew nuts
• 3 - Garlic cloves (crushed)
• A pinch of baking soda
• Salt
• Oil for Deep Frying

How to Make Khara Boondhi

• Mix the gram flour, rice flour, salt, baking soda and chilli powder in a vessel with enough water to make a thick batter without any lumps (the batter should resemble idli batter).
• Heat the oil for Deep Frying; add cashew nuts and fry until they turn brown.
• Remove, add the peanuts to the oil and fry until they turn brown. Remove.
• In the same oil, fry the crushed garlic cloves and curry leaves together until they turn crisp.
• Remove from the oil, and keep all these fried ingredients in a large vessel.
• Using a ladle, drop the batter through a boondhi ladle or a ladle with small round holes into hot oil.
• Fry until it turns crispy, remove with a slotted spoon, and drain the excess oil with a paper towel.
• Finish the remaining batter using the same process.
• Add the chilli powder to the boondhis, fried cashews, fried garlic, fried peanuts and curry leaves, toss it gently and store in an air-tight box.
• Enjoy with a cup of coffee.
• Recipe courtesy: Priya Easy N Tasty Recipes