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Home » BACHELOR COOKING » Kara pori / Spicy murmura recipe | Easy snack recipes

Kara pori / Spicy murmura recipe | Easy snack recipes

May 2, 2013 by Raks Anand 38 Comments /

kara-pori-recipe spicy puffed rice

    This is a snack I have had so many times when I was a kid. Mom makes it very often and its so easy and tasty, flavourful. I will just sit next to the stove and watch my mom making this. Actually this “Spiced puffed rice/ Kara pori/ Spicy murmura” is very popular in Salem. There are shops selling these plain pori, kara pori, pataani and kadalai and so many similar stuffs. Dad is a big fan of all those kadalais. I feel these are lot better than the store bought packed chips and other junks. In fact, in Salem, a man will carry this in the back of bicycles in big sacs and sell it as “kadla pori, kara pori” . Mom always mocks inside the house in a low voice “ nolla pori norukku pori”.  Now please don’t ask me what is the meaning of it 😄. That mom! She is always witty 😋.

kadla-pori-kaara-pori

How to make kara pori full video :

Kara pori recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Snack
Prep Time: 5 mins    |  Cook time: 10 mins    |  Makes: 3 cups

Ingredients

Puffed rice/ Pori/Murmura – 3 cups


Sambar powder – 1 & 1/2 tsp


Turmeric powder – 1/8 tsp


Salt – as needed


Garlic – 3


Curry leaves – 1 sprig


To temper

Ghee – 1 tblsp


Peanuts (roasted) – 1/4 cup


Fried gram dal – 2 tblsp


Method

  1.   Crush garlic roughly and set aside. Gather all other ingredients and keep ready. Heat a broad kadai/pan and add ghee. First add peanuts and fried gram dal and give a stir in medium flame for 30 seconds.
  2. 1-kara-pori

  3. Next add garlic and fry until its golden brown and then add sambar powder, turmeric, salt and curry leaves. Switch off flame immediately or put it to low.
  4. 2-kara-pori

  5. Add the puffed rice and mix well so that all the puffed rice gets evenly coloured (spice powders gets mixed evenly). Mix for a minute or two.
  6. 3-kara-pori

Notes

    • Ghee adds a great flavour to this, also garlic and sambar powder.
    • If you do not have sambar powder, you can use 3/4 tsp red chilli powder too.
    • Garlic should get fried well to lend a nice flavour. so fry well.
    • Adjust spice levels as per your taste.

After cools down completely, store in a airtight container and enjoy as tea time/ coffee time snack or while watching tv/ movie 🙂.

kara-pori+recipe/ Spiced puffed rice

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Comments

  1. AparnaRajeshkumar

    May 2, 2013 at 9:34 am

    pretty one ! lovely coffee mug ! now u are tempting me taste coffee btw i quite coffee !

    Reply
  2. Sowmya Madhavan

    May 2, 2013 at 10:40 am

    I am not a big fan of this..but if I start having,,I really can't stop…quite addictive…

    Reply
  3. Uma

    May 2, 2013 at 11:01 am

    adding sambar powder is new to me.. interesting!

    Reply
  4. CHITRA

    May 2, 2013 at 12:20 pm

    Ur bro's favourite. I make it very simple without adding peanuts and dals most of the time like aunty:) pics make me drool 🙂

    Reply
  5. Anu Shoj

    May 2, 2013 at 12:26 pm

    very lite and crunchy snack..luv the pics…
    Anu's Healthy Kitchen – Raspberry Lemon Flower Cupcake

    Reply
  6. JEYASHRI SURESH

    May 2, 2013 at 12:53 pm

    Very addictive snack, I recently learnt this from a friend but never tried on my own . Cute clicks

    Reply
  7. Aarthi

    May 2, 2013 at 1:04 pm

    wow they look amazing..

    Reply
  8. Hamaree Rasoi

    May 2, 2013 at 3:27 pm

    Crispy and colorful looking puffed rice with lovely mixes.
    Deepa

    Reply
  9. Veena Theagarajan

    May 2, 2013 at 3:57 pm

    This is my fav snack.. low calorie one.. love the color of the pic

    Reply
  10. Saraswathi Iyer

    May 2, 2013 at 4:10 pm

    Looks tempting. Nice clicks.

    Reply
  11. anusha praveen

    May 2, 2013 at 5:26 pm

    raji there you go!! i feel like eating some kara pori now with all those inviting clicks

    Reply
  12. Vanamala Hebbar

    May 2, 2013 at 6:23 pm

    Rest is all same expect garlic..I wont add garlic. Nice

    Reply
  13. Nandita SS

    May 2, 2013 at 9:02 pm

    This was my favorite snack in school. Loving it Raji 🙂

    Reply
  14. Sireesha Puppala

    May 2, 2013 at 9:16 pm

    Wowwwwww perfect snack for lazy evenings

    Reply
  15. divya

    May 2, 2013 at 9:21 pm

    OMG! a tempting snack, yummy and delicious.

    Reply
  16. Sangeetha M

    May 2, 2013 at 11:29 pm

    love this simple savory snack anytime…lovely lovely pics there..love it!!

    Reply
  17. VineelaSiva

    May 2, 2013 at 11:42 pm

    Nice and easy snack.All time favourite.

    Reply
  18. TheYummyMorsel

    May 3, 2013 at 2:09 am

    Looks so crispy, just feel like grabbing some from that bowl!

    Reply
  19. Sangeetha Nambi

    May 3, 2013 at 4:40 am

    My mom use to do this often….

    Reply
  20. Nilu A

    May 3, 2013 at 10:09 am

    Wow this looks yummy and delicious dear.. I'm a new blogger… Do visit my blog.. http://kitchenserenity.blogspot.in/

    Reply
  21. Pragati Jain

    May 4, 2013 at 10:26 am

    one of my favourite munching snacks..thanks for recipe..!!

    Reply
  22. Smith Diano

    May 6, 2013 at 6:00 am

    Thanks for the great list, I’m always looking for more inspiration for my journey to being much better at printing, thank you!
    mug printing Singapore

    Reply
  23. Sharmilee! :)

    May 11, 2013 at 1:01 pm

    Anytime fav snack…easy to make,yummy to eat!!

    Reply
  24. preeti

    June 10, 2013 at 7:06 pm

    Good Idea!! I am sure, Kids will love preparing it & surely eat it.
    healthy snacks ideas for kids lunch box

    Reply
  25. Koushi

    September 3, 2013 at 3:06 pm

    Recently I came across your blog, which is so very interesting..I don't know how I missed for this long.I like the way u have clicked the pictures. Are u from Salem?

    Reply
  26. selva kumar

    October 6, 2014 at 4:43 pm

    i like kara pori….
    good recipes in eve…………….

    Reply
  27. Archana Priyadarshini

    January 9, 2015 at 6:15 am

    Roasted avalakki or aval is also quite yummy recipe..

    Reply
  28. Vijaylaxmi

    October 26, 2015 at 12:42 am

    Would give it a try… Adding sambarpwd is new to me..

    Reply
  29. Sonia Kundra Singh

    October 30, 2015 at 10:51 am

    wow thx for the wonderful recipe. I am a snack enthusiast hence needed this recipe

    Reply
  30. Shiny Priyanka

    June 28, 2016 at 11:23 am

    simple dish ….thank you

    Reply
  31. Priya

    October 2, 2018 at 3:38 am

    Hi,
    Can we add Red Chilli instead of sambar powder?

    Reply
  32. Raks Kitchen

    October 10, 2018 at 3:44 pm

    i havent tried, but have seen ppl doing that. So sure you can try too.

    Reply
  33. Jannnn

    April 11, 2020 at 5:25 am

    Just tried, and it turned out to be awesome

    Reply
    • Raks Anand

      April 11, 2020 at 4:27 pm

      Thank you so much 🙂

      Reply
  34. R.S.Srinivasa Setty

    December 3, 2020 at 1:26 pm

    Nice munching. Use of sambar and ghee are the magic ingredients. There is confusion,between method and video. Please clarify the confusion. Thanks in advance.

    Reply
    • Raks Anand

      December 3, 2020 at 9:16 pm

      Thank you, can you let me know your doubt?

      Reply
  35. R.S.Srinivasa Setty

    December 4, 2020 at 10:36 am

    Thank you for the response. With regard to my question, the confusion is ,in video version 1st crushed garlic is fried and then other ingredients are fried.
    Where as under Method 1st peanuts and fried gram dal are fried and then garlic added and fried. This is the confusion .
    As said by you under notes garlic should be fried well then will the nuts and dal get over fried ? Or garlic get burnt as the case ?

    Reply
    • Raks Anand

      December 4, 2020 at 12:55 pm

      I tried both ways, it works fine. Video was made later, that’s why different method. Garlic wont get burnt. Hope this helps

      Reply

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