Girmit

Opposite my house in Blore, there is a small eatery known for Uttar Karnataka speciality foods..He started out with one small room & would get food prepared by his mom & sell it there.. Nothing fancy but simple home food like jolada roti, chapati & with that you would have any two varieties of gravies like sprouts curry , ennaie badnekayi ( brinjal).. In the evenings, we would get a snack called Girmit..on the lines of bhel but not exactly..We would love this..everytime anyone came home, they wanted to buy a packet of Girmit..that s different he would give very less for 10 bucks ;)

So, today for day 5 of BM#14, i choose this..How did i learn this?? Well, i learnt this from my MIL.. We ran out of tiffin options & she said she will make Susheela.. I was like Susheela??! I had never heard of such a name, at least for a snack item...She told me when she was in Bidar, this was a common item and prepared it in a jiffy.. When i had it, it tasted just like Girmit and the next thing i did was to announce to my whole family the recipe :D..My sisters kids loved it & is a staple in their place and that's how it found its place in this edition of BM :)


Ingredients
1. Onions - 1/2 cup
2. Tomato - 1/2 a tomato
3. Green Chilli - 1
4. Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp
5. Puffed Rice - 2 1/2 cup
6. Roasted Channa gram/Pottukadalai - fistful
7. Roasted Salted Peanuts - fistful (optional)
8. Salt - to taste
9. Oil - 1 tsp


PreparationTime!!
1. Take roasted channa gram, peanuts in blender & grind it to a semi coarse powder. Keep aside

2. In a pan, add oil. Once warm, add finely chopped onions, green chillies & turmeric. Saute till light brown, add finely chopped tomato and sauté for 2-3 minutes

3. Now, place a bowl of water nearby. Reduce the flame.Add a fistful of puffed rice to the water.Just lightly push it in water & immediately remove it & put it directly to the pan. Repeat the same for the rest of the puffed rice.. Idea is to just soak it enough..so it does not become very moist but is neither crisp!

4. Mix the puffed rice well with onion tomato mixture & add 3 tsp heaped mixture of the roasted gram-peanut mixture and mix well..

It doesn't have to be hot..You could keep aside for a while & yet it tastes good!


Pointers
* Original dish they don't add peanuts, my sis started adding them bcoz her kids love peanuts.. so i thought i would do the same..

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