FRIED THICK POHA CHIVDA

One of the most popular and delicious savoury snacks, Fried Thick Poha Chivda is super tasty and tongue-tickling and not so complicated to prepare. This crunchy and aromatic chevdo is prepared with thick flattened or beaten rice (Poha), assorted nuts and tossed in basic spices. Generally, chevdo is prepared during the festivals such as Diwali or Holi, many consume throughout the year too.

Mother's is day approaching very fast for us Brits, it's on 11th of March. It is the day of the year when we all want to try our best to make our mum feel special, we all want to find a perfect gift for our mothers to express our love and appreciation. It's natural for one to get emotional around this time of the year whose mother is no more in this world, what can we do? I and my husband have lost our mothers a few years back, and their departures left a vacuum in our lives, pain still lingers and since then our lives have never been the same but they always stay alive in our hearts and in our memories.

When a child is unhappy about something, he goes to his Mum. But in my case the story was little different, we were hesitant to approach our Mum with any problem as she seemed a strict teacher and was known as 'Iron Lady' by friends and neighbours rather than a humble mum.

My mum was the strongest pillar of our family. I was raised by a mother who was hardworking, strong and powerful, she always carried herself with a strong attitude. she was outspoken, fearless and stubborn at the same time. But with all these strong points there were some weaknesses as well she was short-tempered and took many decisions on impulse and because of her thoughts and opinions she suffered some losses along the way. She believed in working hard, she refused to take rest throughout her life.  For her 24 hours in a day were not enough because I knew she always wished for and given the best to us and there are many examples I can share but then the post will go longer and longer, so today being a food blogger, my memories that I will cherish about my mum are through the food medium.

So now you are thinking that My mum was a great cook? and maybe that is why I inherited her cooking skills? Nope, although mum was strong and modern thinking, she was so simple, and definitely wasn't a great cook. She never cooked anything fancy but only simple everyday dishes. Whatever she cooked, always healthy with minimal exotic spices, oil, ghee or sugar. Only these ingredients were used liberally on the occasion of Diwali, Holi or on our Birthdays. I always loved whatever she cooked, but Poha Chevdo / Chivda is my favourite all time of dish of hers.

She prepared Fried Chivda with Thick Poha only once in a year, on Diwali. Many times on a previous night of Diwali she would work till 2am and prepare Diwali delicacies.  Nothing special is added in this Poha Chevdo of hers, not any rich or expensive nuts or spices yet that poha chevdo tasted amazing, everything was so well balanced in there, just the right spiciness, right sweetness and right sourness. I always tried making a chevdo, just like hers. In the beginning, I just could not do it but after so many trials and errors I achieved that result and that was just a few years back, so I thought of giving this recipe a warm place on my blog here :) and take a great pride because I have never inherited her 'Iron Lady' image but at least I have made Poha Chivda exactly like my mum.

Notes:-
Poha Chevdo / Chivda can be made with two types of Poha, thick or thin, for deep fried Chevdo you must use thick Poha, my mum always used thick poha.

In my mum's recipe, she never added any fancy ingredients such as cashew, almonds, raisins, cinnamon or cloves, but I have put a cinnamon stick, raisins and a few almonds for the photographic purpose only.

This recipe can be changed a little according to your taste, you can increase or decrease spiciness of this dish or add any other nuts too.

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Fried thick poha chivda, Fried chivda with thick poha

Snack

Indian

Yield: 10-12 servings 100g each

Author: Hayley Dhanecha

FRIED THICK POHA CHIVDA

Poha Chevdo is a popular savoury snack that is prepared with beaten rice, nuts, and basic spices.

prep time: 5 Mcook time: 25 Mtotal time: 30 M

ingredients:

• 1 kg thick poha - Beaten Rice)
• Oil to deep fry
• 300g raw peanuts
• 3-4 green chillies round cut
• 2 sprig curry leaves
• 2 Tbsp. red chilli Powder
• 1 Tbsp. kashmiri red chilli powder
• 1 Tbsp. turmeric Powder 
• Salt to taste
• 4 Tbsp. powdered sugar
• Big Pinch citric acid powder 
• 2 Whole dry red chillies

instructions:

How to cook FRIED THICK POHA CHIVDA

1. First, clean the poha properly. 
2. In a bowl mix both red chilli powder, salt, turmeric powder, sugar and citric powder and keep it aside.
3. Heat oil in a kadai on medium heat and fry poha using a big sieve. 
4. Don't add all the poha at once.
5. Remove the fried poha in a big plate.
6. Now fry peanuts, then lower the heat and fry green chillies and curry leaves.
7. Mix everything in a big plate and add the spice mix little by little into the fried poha mix while the mixture is still warm.
8. Once you achieved the right taste and colour of the chevdo, stop adding the spice mixture.
9. Gently keep mixing the chevdo for a while so all the flavours reach through fried poha.
10. Let the chevdo cool completely.
11. Once it cooled store in an airtight container.
12. Serve with a cup of masala chai, juices or on its own.
13. Enjoy!

NOTES:

This recipe can be changed a little according to your taste, you can increase or decrease spiciness of this dish or add any other nuts too.

You may add thin slices of dried coconut.

Calories
359.56

Fat (grams)
18.44

Sat. Fat (grams)
2.41

Carbs (grams)
40.39

Fiber (grams)
3.47

Net carbs
36.92

Sugar (grams)
5.47

Protein (grams)
10.95

Sodium (milligrams)
111.08

Cholesterol (grams)
0.94

The nutritional information provided is an approximation calculated by an online calculator. Please consult a professional dietitian for nutritional advice.

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