Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 10 min
Serves: 4

Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 1 cup gram flour or besan or kadlehittu
2. 1/2 tsp red chili powder
3. Big pinch turmeric
4. 1/2 tsp salt
5. A generous pinch of asafoetida
6. 1 tbsp hot oil
7. Oil to deep fry

Ingredients for mixture: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 1/2 cup peanuts or shenga
2. 1/2 cup roasted gram
3. Some cashews
4. Few curry leaves
5. Salt as needed
6. Red chilli powder as needed

Instructions for making kara boondi:

1. Take gram flour or besan in a wide bowl.
2. Add in red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt and asafoetida. Give a quick mix.
3. Add in 1 tbsp of hot oil and mix well again.
4. Now add in required water and prepare the batter. I have added little more than 1/2 cup of water.
5. Make sure the batter is not having any lumps.
6. The batter shall have flowing consistency.
7. Heat the oil in a wide frying pan. Check if the oil is hot enough by dropping little batter. The batter shall come up immediately.
8. Take a perforated laddle and pour the batter through it into the hot oil.
9. Fry until bubbles are stopped.
10. Take out the boondi.
11. Make sure the perforated laddle is clean before making the next batch. If not boondi may loose the shape.
12. Make boondi using remaining batter.
13. Fry peanuts and add it into the boondi.
14. Fry roasted gram and add it into the boondi.
15. Also fry some cashews and curry leaves. Add them into the boondi.
16. Add in salt and red chilli powder if needed.
17. Give a quick mix and spicy boondi is ready to serve.

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