Spicy Boondi / Khara Boondi

Spicy boondis are most common during weddings and other grand functions in southern part of India.I made these for my kids to snack on.it is one of my convenient things to do when I am busy with my kids' school schedules.

Spicy boondis are made with besan batter and deep fried.This is not at all an effort taking snack it is easy to do at home,the trick is if you use a big pan to fry with a lot of oil then you can fry these and finish making real soon.

Ingredients,

For the batter-

Besan - 2 cups

Salt - 1 1/2 - 2 teaspoons ( should be a little less than 2 teaspoons,vary according to taste)

Red chili powder - 1 teaspoon

Hing - a pinch

Water -1and 1/2 cups

Oil - for deep frying

For the tempering,

Oil- 2 tablespoons

Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

Hing - a pinch

Curry leaves - 4-5 ( roughly torn)

Roasted Chana dal - 1 tablespoon

Peanuts -1 tablespoon

Dry red chili -1 ( roughly broken)

Red chili powder - 1/2 teaspoon ( change according to your taste you can add or omit)

In a large bowl mix besan with salt, red chili powder,hing and water.

Keep oil for deep frying,once it is hot enough pour a handful of the batter over perforated ladle.

Place the perforated ladle on the deep frying pan and deep fry the boondis.

After all the batter is made into boondis,in a pan take oil add mustard seeds ,once they crackle add hing, curry leaves, roasted Chana dal , peanuts and dry red chili which is roughly broken.

Now add the the deep fried boondis and mix until the boondis are warm.Add red chili powder.Make sure the boondis don't get browned.

Transfer to a airtight jar to preserve.

In a large bowl mix besan with salt, red chili powder,hing.

Mix with water.

Take this kind of perforated ladle.

Pour the prepared batter over this and let the small drops

of batter fall into the pan of hot oil.You can run your fingers 

over the perforated ladle to make the batter fall in hot oil

easily.

boondis frying in hot oil.

Fried boondis.

In a pan take oil add mustard seeds ,once they crackle add hing, 

curry leaves, roasted Chana dal , peanuts and dry red chili which is roughly broken.

Add red chilli powder after the boondis are a little

warm.

Spicy boondis.