Name: Maramaralu Mixture
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Oil; ⅛ Mustard Seeds; ¼ tsp Cumin Seeds; 5-6 Curry Leaves, (use as is tear into 2-3 pieces); 2 small Green Chilies chopped (or slit lengthwise and cut into 3-4 pieces or desired size); ⅓ cup Peanuts; ¾ tsp Salt; 1 tsp crushed Garlic; ⅛ tsp Turmeric; 4 cups Murmura / Puffed Rice

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Maramaralu mixture is a spicy Indian puffed recipe. A quick, easy vegan snack with less than 15 minutes of preparation time. A light evening snack that works well for weight watchers and also a light snack for any time of the day.

Spicy puffed rice, murmura mixture, mamra chidva, kara pori are various names to this popular Indian puffed rice snack. Each state has it's own version but the basic step is to roast puffed rice in a simple tempering of cumin, mustard seeds and chilies.

There are many Indian puffed rice recipes across India and jhal muri, bheI puri are few to name. I also make puffed rice upma as Mr.U also likes it a lot and it usually for breakfast or for light dinner, though it makes a great even snack as well.

Besides the above mentioned, one of my favorite snacks is pelalu ellipaya miram (murmura with garlic chili powder), a popular Telangana snack. Mix together some chopped onion, crushed garlic, chili powder, salt and oil to mamra.

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Ingredients

Puffed Rice - murmura, mamra, pelalu, maramaralu, borugulu, pori, muri are a few other names for puffed rice. These are prepared with regular rice or basmati rice. Basmati mamra are thin and puffy but what you see in the picture above is regular mamra.

Tempering - oil, cumin, mustard seeds and turmeric are the basic tempering ingredients. I also add some crushed garlic as I love the flavor of slightly burnt garlic in the mixture.

Nuts - peanuts are my go to nuts for spicy murmura. Use home roasted peanuts raw ones as mentioned in the recipe. Cashews are also a nice addition. An alternative is to replace nuts with putnalu (fried gram) or use a combination of all the above.

Chilies - use green chilies, red chilies or a combination of both. I prefer green chilies as I like to bite these along with mamra.

Step by Step Instructions

Collage of step by step pictures of spicy murmura; roast cumin & mustard, roast peanuts curry leaves and green chilies, pinch of salt and garlic.

Heat oil, roast cumin and mustard seeds (pic #1 in the collage). Then lightly roast peanuts, add curry leaves, chilies (# 2) and a little bit of salt (#3). Once peanuts are roasted, add garlic (#4) and let it brown.

collage of step by step pictures of murmura mixture; add turmeric to tempering, add murmura, mix well and roast till crisp.

Then add turmeric (#5), salt and mix well. Then add puffed rice (#6) and toast on low flame until crisp (#7-8). Taste and adjust salt. If you need more heat, add some chili powder while mixture is still hot.

Storage

Cool the mamra mixture completely and store in an air tight container for 4-6 weeks. Use an air tight container to retain the crispness of mamra.

Serving Suggestions

Serve maramaralu mixture with some tea as part of evening snack.
Light snack for elevenses; a snack between breakfast and lunch.
Pack for long journeys, long rides and for picnics.

Tips

Roast mamra in the tempering until crisp. Alternatively, first dry roast mamra and then add to tempering.
Make sure green chilies, garlic and curry leaves are properly roasted without any moisture in them. Otherwise, mixture might not retain it's crispiness for too many days and can become soft.
Store in an air tight container.

Bowl of maramarala chuvda and a cup oof tea.

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