Khara boondi - Indian savory recipe

How to make Khara Boondi at home

An easy to make spicy savory/snack recipe for Indian festivities and special occasions.

This goes well as accompaniment for Bisi Bele Bath or just time pass with Tea. 

Ingredients:

Besan/gram flour - 2 cups

Rice flour - 2 tbsp

Hing - 1/4th tsp

Baking soda - 1/4th tsp

Chilli powder - 2tsp + 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Water 2.5 cups

Groundnuts - 1/4th cup

Fried gram (roasted channa) - 1/4th cup

Curry leaves - handful

Garlic - 7-8 crushed

Oil to deep fry

Khara boondi recipe

Method:

Keep oil for deep frying in a wide pan. 

And take a big bowl, add besan, baking soda, salt, 2 tsp chilli powder ( use according to your preference), rice flour and mix well. Then add water little by little and beat nicely until flowing consistency like dosa batter. 

Once the oil is hot, pour the batter in the jallari  (the ladle with holes/perforated spoon/slotted spoon), from a little above of the Kadai.
Use a big spoon and scoop one by one into the jallari... But see that the boondi comes up immediately upon dropping and put the batter only as wide as the Kadai and note more.
Fry until crispy and remove drain on a kitchen towel. 

Similarly, finish all batter but note that the oil has to be hot every time. 

After this, fry the ground nuts, fried gram, garlic, curry leaves one by one nicely in same oil using a deep frying ladle (used for french fries). Add all this to the boondi, add a little salt, 1 tsp chilli powder and give a nice mix. 

Cool it down completely and store it in an airtight box.