Spiced Crispies (Chivda) Recipe

[kimberlite8]

I went on vacation to Seattle last month. While there, I indulged in my favorite hobby: eating all the food. Seattle is a great food city especially focused on "farm to table" style cooking and the seafood was the freshest, most reasonably priced seafood I've had anywhere. My favorite restaurant that I went to was Poppy. This restaurant had a great

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[layers_of_eli]

I can't wait to try this!

[kimberlite8]

Do let me know what you think if you do.

[layers_of_eli]

I will! I think I will try it this week or next!

[imidealistic]

I love chivda its one of my fav snacks............I dont use lemone juice or corn syrup, i add sugar into the oil after the seeds have popped.
To try a variation try using a fresh green chilli (sauted till crispy before adding the seeds)or dried red chillies instead of the paprika. you can also add in garlic..............yumm yumm havent made this in ages have being buying ready to eat packs from the indian store...........will make this over the holidays.............

[kimberlite8]

Ohh, good tip. People were telling me they wanted it spicier. I should saute some dried chilies while I'm blooming the seeds.

buying ready to eat packs from the indian store
Any brand recs? I have a local Indian grocery store near by.

[with_rainfall]

If you mean recs for those dried snacks (murukku, sev etc.) Haldiram's is good - at least, it's very popular. For packed meals (which I seriously don't recommend if you eat Indian food frequently - make them yourself, they taste much better!), MTR is decent. And I use that term loosely.

[kimberlite8]

Thanks for the protips, much appreciated!

[with_rainfall]

I'm so happy to see chivda here! Also, a thali is actually a very popular Indian dish (sorry, don't know the origin or translation of the word), not an invention of that restaurant you went to. I've never heard of chivda with amchur before - thanks for sharing!

[kimberlite8]

Haha, I was told thali just means plate. Basically its an indian word to describe the a plate of food surrounded by small dishes. Oh well, the restaurant was very good even if they lure people in with a dose of pretension.

I've never heard of chivda with amchur before It gets lost in the sugar so I don't really notice the mango taste in the end result. I think its just there for balance. I found it in some online recipes so included it.

[with_rainfall]

Oh, of course. Plate would make sense. :) *shrug* More mango never hurt anyone Maybe more amchur wouldn't go amiss? ;)

[feirini]

That looks & sounds so GOOD!

[kimberlite8]

Let me know if you make it!