Ingredients
- Kadalai Maavu/Besan Flour – 1.5 cup
- Water – as required to make the flour like a batter
- Oil – for frying
- Groundnut/peanuts – a handful
- Curry leaves – a handful
- Salt – for taste
- Chilli powder – 1 tsp ( or as you need for spiciness)
Method
- In a big bowl, add the flour and little water, first and mix well, in order to remove the lumps formed.
- After all lumps removed, add 1 tsp oil and some more water so that, it becomes a batter. (little thinner than idli batter form)
- Now in a kadai, pour enough oil and heat it on medium flame.
- In a Jalli Karandi (laddle with holes), pour 1 to 2 tsp of batter in a tsp and slowly rotate it circular motion, so that the batter gets poured like a small balls.
- Fry them, till ligh golden colour and immediately take them out from oil and filter with a kitchen towel.
- Fry the curry leaves and peanuts and mix them with the boondhi.
- Sprinkle the salt and chilli powder over it and mix well.
- Can be stored for more than a week, if stored in a airtight container.
Sending this to Diwali sweets and snacks by Lavi
I have tried my recipe before ,but its not crispy enough to make boondi..will try you'r recipe..thanks for this.
belated diwali wishes…
Kara boondhi, quite informative even for learners with good examples,simply love it..
Looks crispy and spicy.yum
Aaha Oho
Awesome munchies akila..wish to taste some!!
aahaa!Superb boondhi! appadiye saappidalaam pola irukku! 😛 😛
Boondi looks crispy and too good Akila…
That look so so tempting..delicious snack!
US Masala
Lovely and crispy. Congrats on being the winner
It is so yummy and my fav one…
kaara boondi looks crunchy adn delicious. love it..
hi akila, first time in your blog. delicious recipes. boondhi looks perfect. wish to follow u. pl do stop by mine wen u find time:)
Pefect n yummy kara boondis..
That looks delicious!
Wow Alika, homemade kara boondi looks spicy and yumm..
isnt this also called mixture??? love it
wow, looks lovely !!!
you made it so perfectly akila this is awesome!
A delicious Snack. Look so crispy and yumm.
Kaara boondi looks perfect and tempting.. amazing snaps !!
lovely click. never tried ,will try for my doter 🙂
crunchy and kurkure…looks nice
after coming to singapore i have never tried this. Looking great and good try
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I wanted to try this for a long time,but still trying 😉 hehe…
Lovely pictures Akila ! Happy to follow you!
Crunchy munchy, love it!
wow.. thats great.. lovely snack..
lovely— very tempting !
Never tried this at home..so good,love munching them any time.
சூப்பர்ப் ஸ்நாக்…எனக்கு மிகவும் பிடித்தது…
If i make them, i wont stop munching them..crispy bhoondis!
Kara boondi at home…that sounds so nice..perfect n crispy
superb snacks akila…
Makes a really great snack! Yummy!
மாலைநேரத்துக்கான சூப்பர் ஸ்நாக்ஸ்!!
Hey Akila,
Kaara bhoondhi:)
Hmm..Yumm..yumm..One of my favorites…:)
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