Bhajake Pohe Chivda – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard and let it pop up.
• Add cumin seeds, green Chilies.
• You can use red Chili powder. Make sure to add it at the end of tadka.
• Add curry leaves. Fry for a minute.
• Add sliced garlic and mix well.
• Add raw peanuts. Roast for another minute.
• When peanuts and garlic begin to change its color, add sliced dry coconut.
• Fry again until coconut begins to change its color.
• Add dal and fry for a minute.
• Move these aside and add dry spices in the oil.
• Add asafetida, turmeric powder. If you are using red Chili powder, add now.
• Add Coriander powder and cumin powder.
• Fry these spices in the oil for a while. Mix the spices with peanuts and coconut.
• Add pohe and mix well. Fry for 5-6 minutes.
• You can sundry the pohe for 2-3 hours or microwave for 2-3 minutes before adding it to tadka.
• If you haven’t done all these fry the chivda for 5-6 minutes.
• Turn off the heat and add salt and chat masala. You can add rock salt too.  Mix well.
• You can use store-bought chivda masala instead of using dry spices.
• You can completely skip dry spices too. Use garlic and curry leaves more.
• Bhajake pohe chivda is already.