Cornflakes Mixture Recipe | Cornflakes Chivda Recipe
Cornflakes Mixture is a quick to make crunchy snack made by frying raw cornflakes, fried gram dal, peanuts, cashews, raisins, curry leaves and tossing it with spice powders and salt. Also known as Makai Chivda or Cornflakes Chivda it is an instant snack that can be made quickly perfect for this festive season.
Servings10
Ingredients
- 3 cups raw dried cornflakes (not the cereal variety)
- ½ cup fried gram dal
- ½ cup peanuts
- ¼ cup cashews
- ¼ cup raisins
- ¼ cup curry leaves
- salt to taste
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 tablespoon red chilli powder
- 2 teaspoon powdered sugar
- ¼ teaspoon hing
Instructions
- Heat oil in a kadai. Check if oil is hot by adding 1 cornflake if it rises immediately then it is ready. Use dried raw cornflakes and not the cereal variety.
- Add 3 cups raw cornflakes in batches. I fried in 4 batches. Add it and fry until 'shh' sound stops. Drain from oil and remove.
- Add it to a straining basket. Repeat to finish the other batches too. Place a plate underneath the basket to collect the extra draining oil.
- Add ½ cup fried gram dal. Fry until golden, drain, remove and add it to the basket.
- Add ½ cup peanuts. Fry until golden brown, drain, remove and add it to the basket.
- Add ¼ cup cashews. Fry until golden, drain, remove and add it to the basket.
- Add ¼ cup raisins. Fry until golden, drain, remove and add it to the basket.
- Switch off and add ¼ cup curry leaves. Fry until crisp, drain, remove and add it to the basket.
- All fried and ready.
- Transfer this to a big mixing bowl. Add salt to taste, ½ teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 tablespoon red chilli powder, 2 teaspoon powdered sugar, ¼ teaspoon hing.
- Toss well for even mixing. Gently toss without breaking the cornflakes.
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Notes
- Frying - Always fry cornflakes in batches as it tends to expand while frying. Fry until shh sound ceases.
- Add ons - If you like garlic flavour just add 2 crushed garlic fry and add it. You can even fry ¼ cup poha and add it.
- Ingredients ready - Measure and keep the ingredients ready so that frying will be easy and quick.
- Draining - Drain it well from oil then transfer it to a straining basket with a plate placed under so that extra draining oil gets collected there. You can use kitchen towel too.
- Measures - The measures of nuts and raisins is purely your choice. You can plus or minus as per your liking.
Nutrition Facts
Cornflakes Mixture Recipe | Cornflakes Chivda Recipe
Amount Per Serving (75 g)
Calories 115
Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Fat 5g8%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Sodium 25mg1%
Potassium 216mg6%
Carbohydrates 13g4%
Fiber 5g21%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 6g12%
Vitamin A 688IU14%
Vitamin C 237mg287%
Calcium 68mg7%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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