KARA BOONDHI

KARA BOONTHI

Ingredients:
500 grms besan flour
½ tsp baking powder
1 tbs vegetable oil
Pinch of asafetida
Salt to taste
Oil to fry

For garnishing:
2 tsp dry chillie powder
½ a cup of curry leaves
few roasted cashew nuts
4 pips of garlic smashed with the skin (optional)

Method:
In a bowl mix the baking powder, salt and the vegetable oil.
Rub nicely till it becomes frothy.
Now add the gram flour and mix nicely.
Add warm water and mix it into a thin batter without any lumps.

Heat oil in a wok, take a boonthi spoon( the spoon with lot of holes.
If you pour the batter over the spoon it should produce small rain drop size boonthis)

Now holding the spoon above the oil, take little batter and run over
The spoon at the same time slightly shake the spoon.
Do not over load the oil. Fry little boonthi at a time.
Remove the crisp fried boonthis on to a kitchen paper.
Do this till all the batter is finished.

Now fry the curry leaves, and the smashed garlic in the oil.
Mix the curry leaves, garlic, little salt , roasted cashew nuts and the chillie powder in the fried boonthis. Mix nicely and keep in an air tight container once it is
Really cooled. Serve as a snack.