Bhadang recipe | How to make bhadang churumuri | Kolhapura style mandakki
By Latha on June 10th, 2022
Bhadang recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. Bhadang or kolhapura style khara mandakki is a tea time snacks recipe prepared using puffed rice, peanuts, red chilli powder, garlic and curry leaves. This churumuri is served with chopped onion, tomato and coriander leaves..
It is best served with a cup of tea. Or just before serving, you can top it with chopped onion, tomato and coriander leaves. Preparing these tasty and spicy bhadang churumuri or mandakki recipe is very easy.
The weather is plesant now. So this is the best time to prepare this tasty and easy snacks. I am sure kids will love this as their evening snacks. Not only kids.., this mixture or snacks is loved by all. If you are looking for similar type of snacks recipes, then do check my avarekalu mixture recipe and avalakki mixture or chivda recipe recipes.
This khara mandakki or spicy puffed rice is very tasty and crispy. It stays crispy for a fortnight, if stored in an air tight container. I have listed the ingredients as per my taste, which you can adjust as per your taste. Khara mandakki is familiar by different names like khara puri, khara kadlepuri, spicy puffed rice, spicy murmura, spicy kurmura, mandakki mixture, mandakki snacks, spicy churnuri etc.,
I have shared congress kadlekai or spicy peanuts recipe earlier, which is another tasty snacks recipe. If you are looking for tasty snacks recipes then check my Mangalore churumuri, maddur vada, crispy chili bajji, mangalore bajji, girmit, kadle usli and nuchinunde recipes.
If you are looking for more Karnataka style snacks recipes then do check our Karnataka snacks recipes section.
I have made a video on this recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 5 min
Cooking time: 15 min
Serves: 4 cups
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 4 cups mandakki or puffed rice
- 2 - 3 tbsp ground nuts or peanuts or shenga
- 7 - 8 curry leaves
- 5 - 6 cloves of garlic, sliced
- 1 tbsp byadgi red chilli powder
- Big pinch asafoetida
- 2 - 3 tbsp oil
- 1/2 tsp salt (or as per your taste)
Ingredients for serving (optional):
- 1 onion, chopped finely
- 1 tomato, chopped finely
- Finely chopped coriander leaves as needed
- Little lemon juice (optional; I didn't use)
Instructions for making bhadang churumuri or mandakki recipe:
- Heat oil in a pan. Add in ground nuts or peanuts and fry until it starts crackling.
- Add in sliced garlic and curry leaves. Fry until garlic turns slightly brown. Switch off the stove.
- Next add in red chili powder and asafoetida.
- Give a quick mix.
- Add in puffed rice or mandakki. Give a quick mix.
- Add in salt as per your taste.
- Fry puffed rice (mandakki) under low flame for 1 - 2 minutes.
- While serving, you can top it with chopped onion, tomato and coriander leaves. You can store this for many days and serve it as it is also.
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