Girmit is popular snack from North Karnataka. This recipe is popular In Hubli- Dharwad, people enjoy it as an evening snack. This is easy snack to prepare, hardly takes 15 minutes to get ready. The main ingredient used in ‘Girmit’ is puffed rice It's a variation of ‘ Bhel’ but taste is completely different.
Looking at the ingredients one feels what special about it ? You are right. Its not the ingredients but the way its made gives it a unique taste.
INGREDIENTS
- Puffed rice – 2 cups
- Onion,chopped – 1 medium
- Tomato, chopped – 1 big
- Red chilly powder – 1 tsp (adjust per your taste)
- Tumeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Roasted Bengal gram – 1/4 cup ( powdered)
- Cilantro - 1/4 cup
- Fine besan sev – 1/4 cup
- powder – 1/4 tsp
- Roasted Bengal gram – 1/4 cup ( powdered)
- Tamarind paste-1 tbsp
- Jaggery -1/2 tsp
- Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp
- Curry leaves -4 to 5
- Mustard seeds-1/4 ysp
- Salt to taste
- Water – little( to sprinkle)
- Oil –tbsp
METHOD
- Place a pan on medium flame and add oil into it.
- When oil heats up, add cumin seeds, mustard seeds and curry leaves.Fry for 10 seconds.
- Add chopped onion and fry till onion becomes soft and transparent.
- Add tamarind paste, jaggery, tumeric powder and salt.Stir well
- Add powdered roasted bengal gram and red chilli powder.Mix everything well cook for 1 minute. Turn off the flame.
- Add puffed rice and sprinkle little water and mix everything well.
- If the prepared onion mixture is moist, no need of adding water. Water is added to make the mixing process little easy, otherwise it is totally optional.
- Finally add chopoed tomatoes, fine sev and chopped cilantro.
- Girmit is ready to serve with hot cup of tea.
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