Masala Peanuts - An excellent accompaniment with Tea / Coffee...
Ingredients
250 g peanuts (please pick good quality peanuts)
125 g gram flour (besan / kadalamaavu / chonepitti), sieve
twice
2 tablespoon (25 to 30 ml) water
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon red chilli powder or 3/4 teaspoon Kashmiri red
chilli powder
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon hing (asafoetida)
300 ml oil
Method
In a bowl, mix sieved besan with salt, red chili powder,
turmeric powder and hing (besan mix).
In a bowl, sprinkle peanuts with 2 tablespoon water. Water
should lightly coat on each peanut. Then sprinkle spiced besan and gently mix with finger
tips.
Above photo shows basic coating of peanuts. But little more water (extra 1 tablespoon) is required. Then it won't be dry in texture.
Spice mixture should be thick and
well coated on each peanut. Cover and keep aside for half an hour. Please do not make it like bajji batter.
Heat oil in a frying pan. Reduce heat to medium and fry gram
flour coated peanuts in batches (3 - 4 batches) until golden color and crisp
(Do not fry on high heat. Peanuts will get the brown color immediately and it
won't cook inside).
Drain out from the oil and place on kitchen paper / paper towels to
absorb excess oil. Please use 2 – 3 paper towels. Sprinkle deep fried curry
leaves over it (optional). Serve with Tea or Coffee.
3 comments:
Perfect masala peanuts looks crunchy and tasty.
Can we bake these?
I love masala peanuts, I remember buying masala peanuts near our school!
Hello Kumudha, Thanks for query on masala peanuts. Yes, we can bake them too. But it won't be crisp. I tried several times. But the crispness won't last more than 2 - 3 hours.
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