Description
Spicy snack for those friday evening movies. Very simple,few ingredients and spice levels/ingredients can be adjusted as you prefer.
| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 lb | Raw peanuts with skin |
| 2 tbsp | Rice flour |
| 2 tbsp | Besan flour |
| 1 pinch | Hing |
| 1 tbsp | Red chilli powder |
| 2 clove | Garlic (crushed) |
| 1 cup | Canola or vegetable oil for frying |
| 1 tbsp | Salt |
Instructions
Wash the raw peanuts and soak them in cold water for about half an hour. Drain them well using a colander . Don’t let them air dry. Now take all the dry ingredients and crushed garlic in a wide bowl and add the peanuts. Without adding any extra water ,mix them well in such a way that the peanuts are well coated with the flour mix. If it looks dry ,add a couple of drops of water and mix. Don’t make it watery as it will make the final result become soggy. Now heat oil until smoking point and fry the peanuts in batches. First try this out with a small amount just to know how much time does it take for the peanuts to become crispy. In high heat it may take up to 2 or 3 minutes to get fried well. Let it cool ,store them in glass bottles to maintain their crispiness .
Comments
10 responses to “Masala Verkadalai”
i tried this today evening. the result was tasty.. simple, easy even snack. thanks 4 this recipe. it brought back the memories of my native town madurai's hot snack stalls.
Hi anitha,
tried ths evening…but it came bit soggy..im still a learner in cooking…..i dnt know what went wrong…i followed ur instructions exactly….
Am sorry that it didn't turn out the way you expected it to .. it should be in such a consistency where you can see each of the peanuts seperately. Drain the water from the peanuts well before mixing it with other ingredients. But don't dry them in tissue paper. Just drain . May be it could work out next time 😉
I used tissue to dry the peanuts. peanuts were not sticked 2gether. Also after mixing, i kept for sometime waiting for the oil to leave smoke. so the peanuts became salty too. i'll give a try again n let u know anitha
dear anitha it was excellent.i didnot expect that it will come in such a crispy way thanks for sharing.
Dear Anitha,
This recipe turned out great. I’ve rated this 5 star. Thanks for sharing.
Thankyou Mullai
Hi Anitha,
What an easy and crunchy recipe,tried today turned out excellllllllent,thanks.
Viji.
I tried this dish with a doubt thinking whether the soaked peanuts will turn crisp or not. Because soaking and fring is completely a new method to me. But to my surprise it turned out to be super crispy and excellent just like the “kaara kadalai” which we get in lala sweet shops in chennai. I always buy them from shops from chennai and wondered how they prepared it. Good snack.
I dont know such peanut fry exist. but we asked our grand ma to dip peanut in basen flour and fry for different taste. we love it. i cant believe that food items exist as we kids imagined… its so cooooool…..