Peanut masala recipe
Peanuts covered with spicy gram flour is a snack you can't stop until the entire bowl is finished.
Equipment
- Air fryer/Mocrowave or oven
Ingredients
1 cup = 250 ml
- 250 gram/1.5 cup peanuts
- 1/2 cup gram flour/besan
- 4 tbsp powdered poha or rice flour
- 2 tbsp corn flour/corn starch
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 3/4 tsp carom seeds
- 3/4 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp dry mango powder or chaat masala
- 8-10 curry leaves (finely chopped)
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp oil
- water as required
Instructions
- Take a bowl and add gram flour, powdered poha, corn flour, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, carom seeds, garam masala, red chilli powder, dry mango powder, curry leaves, salt and oil
- Slowly add water sufficient enough so that mixture gets a sticky consistency.
- Add the peanuts, few at a moment.
- Coat them with the besan mixture, preferably one at a time. If you find it exhaustive, then coat few kernels using fingers.
AIR FRYING METHOD
- Put them in greased air fryer basket.
- Air fry for 8-10 minutes @160°C.
BAKING METHOD
- Arrange coated peanuts on a greased baking tray.
- Bake in preheated oven @180°C for 20-25 minutes or until peanuts turn crispy.
DEEP FRYING
- Pick up some besan coated peanuts and put them in oil.
- Fry till golden brown and crispy.
- Enjoy once cool.