Chirmuro (Konkani) meaning puffed rice. This is a versatile item which can be eaten as it is or made into many tasty dishes. I like any dish with puffed rice. When I was thinking of posting something simple today, I saw the picture of this dish in my picture “library”.
Aayi makes two types of spiced puffed rice. The one is most common and prepared in most of the houses. But this version is very different and I haven’t seen this prepared anywhere else. Even the puffed rice which has lost it’s crispiness. It is served topped with or without fresh coconut.
Ingredients: 4-5 cups puffed rice( chirmuro ) A generous pinch of turmeric 1/2 tea spn pepper powder 1 tea spn ghee Salt
Increase or decrease pepper to suit your taste.
Method: On a low flame, heat ghee . Add turmeric, pepper powder, salt(take care not to burn anything). Fry for sometime and then add puffed rice. On a very low flame, keep stirring it one in a while till the rice has become very crispy and the ghee mixture is coated on rice. Let it cool to room temperature. Store in airtight container. Serve as it is or topped with little fresh coconut.
Preparation time : 8-10mins
I started going to office from Wednesday. Initially before joining, I never thought my life would become so busy and I will never have time for anything because the timings were 8.30 to 5. I thought, I will get a lot of time in the evening and I can regularly post here. But, things are not going on so smooth. First of all I get tired after reaching home and the cold weather has many adverse effects on health. I hope the days will change soon and I will have more time for myself.
Avocados are called BeNNehaNNu in Kannada. I found an article about avocados in a Kannada weekly few days back. I was surprised to see these are available in India and they have a name in Kannada. For some reason, I never saw them before coming to US. The article is very informative and points out many good nutritional values of avocados. After reading the article, I wanted to try avocados. So I bought one avocado and made these dosas with it. These tasted great.
Ingredients: 3 cups rice 1 cup urad daal 1 big avacado Oil Salt
Method: Soak rice and daal for around 4-5hrs. Grind them to a smooth paste, add salt and leave them overnight.
Discard the skin and seed of avocado. Grind the pulp to a smooth paste and add it to the batter. Mix well. Make thin dosas. While serving, sprinkle some lemon juice on them and eat with honey. They can also be eaten with chutney .
Serves : 5-6 Preparation time : 10mins
PS: Increase the number of avacados to 2 or 3 to get a prominent avocado taste.
