Fragrant, comforting, and easy to serve as a complete meal, girmit recipe | masala puffed rice | north karnataka mandakki upkari is a vegetarian north karnataka snacks made with oil, mustard / rai / sasuve, and jeera / cumin / jeerige in about 20 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 2 Servings
- Category: snacks
- Cuisine: north karnataka
Ingredients
for girmit masala / curry:
- 4 tsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard / rai / sasuve
- ½ tsp jeera / cumin / jeerige
- few curry leaves
- 1 onion (finely chopped)
- 2 green chilli (finely chopped)
- ½ tsp turmeric / haldi / asrshina
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp putani powder / roasted gram powder
- ½ cup tamarind extract
- ½ tsp jaggery / gud / bella
for serving:
- 2 cups churumuri / mandakki / puffed rice
- 2 tbsp onions (finely chopped)
- 3 tsp putani powder / roasted gram powder
- 2 tbsp tomato (finely chopped)
- 2 tsp coriander leaves (finely chopped)
- handful of sev / mixture
Method
- firstly, in a large kadai heat 4 tsp oil and add 1 tsp mustard, ½ tsp jeera and few curry leaves. allow to splutter.
- further add 1 finely chopped onion and 2 green chilli. saute well.
- also add ½ tsp turmeric and ½ tsp salt. saute for a minute.
- additioanlly, add ½ cup tamarind extract and ½ tsp jaggery.
- boil for 3 minutes.
- now add 1 tsp putani powder and mix well.
- girmit masala / curry is ready.
- further, in a large mixing bowl take 2 cups churumuri.
- add in ¼ cup of prepared girmit masala / curry.
- also add 2 tbsp onions, 2 tbsp tomato and 3 tsp putani powder.
- give a rough mix.
- finally, serve north karnataka style girmit recipe garnished with few coriander leaves and handful of sev / mixture.
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.
