Churumuri is a quick and easy puffed rice snack that is a very popular street food Karnataka. It is made with basic ingredients like onions, tomatoes, lemon juice, red chilli powder & coriander leaves.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 7 minutes
- Cook time: Not specified
- Total time: 7 minutes
- Yield: 2
- Category: Snack
- Cuisine: Karnataka
Ingredients
- 3 cups Puffed Rice ((mandakki,pori, puri))
- 1 small onion (finely chopped)
- 1 medium Tomato (finely chopped)
- 1 Green chili (chopped (skip if making for kids))
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon red chilli powder (or as desired)
- 2 tablespoon coriander leaves (finely chopped)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (or as needed)
- 2 to 3 tablespoon Peanuts (roasted)
- 1 teaspoon oil (or hot ghee)
- ¼ teaspoon cumin (coarsely pound (optional))
Method
How to make Churumuri
- Roast the peanuts well on a medium heat until aromatic & golden.
- Pour puffed rice in a wide bowl. Clean up the dirt and powdery part. Best way to clean up is to sieve it.
- If the puffed rice is not crisp, then dry roast them in a pan until crisp. Cool them completely.
- Transfer them to a large mixing bowl. Add onions & tomatoes. Sprinkle salt, red chili powder, lemon juice & oil over the tomatoes.
- Begin to mix the onions and tomatoes with the spice powder first. Then mix it with the puffed rice.
- Then add add coriander leaves and peanuts. Toss & serve churumuri immediately else they lose the crunch. You can top it with mixture or boondi.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.