Indian spiced puffed 15 mins Puffed rice snack mix with peanuts and crispy curry leaves! Perfect tea time snack!
With cold weather my consumption of snacks increase at an alarming rate. While working, I keep drinking cup after cups of hot teas or coffee and there are times when I miss my lunch (Shh don’t tell Ronak!). This is when snacks like these – super quick to make, easy, involving almost no work and high up in the deliciousness department happen!
This puffed rice snack mix has been my favorite since almost forever. I grew up eating this and tons of varied variations my mother would make for us to nibble on. Compared to usual packets of potato chips, this is a much healthier option and it’s so crunchy and crispy that it won’t let you miss those fried snacks at all. The good part – it uses very very little fat in the making.
I quite forgot about this for some time and few days back while cleaning, I saw a big box of puffed rice which I haven’t used for the last 2 years!! I knew that I needed to make a big batch immediately and in under 15 minutes I had a big delicious snack for myself.
With Diwali only a day away, I am getting a bit homesick and missing my mom’s delicious treats. I am missing everything about being at my parent’s place for Diwali. So I am planning on making some treats myself and if they turn out good, sharing with you guys too!
This snack! Seriously it will brighten up your days!
- 6 cups puffed rice
- ½ cup unsalted raw peanuts
- ½ cup neutral flavor cooking oil for frying peanuts
- 1.5 tsp mustard seeds (rai)
- Salt to taste
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- 1-2 tsp turmeric powder
- 15-20 curry leaves
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Place the puffed rice in a baking tray and pop it in the oven for 10 minutes. Take it out in 10 minutes and stir red chili powder to it. Keep it aside.
- While puffed rice is in the oven, heat oil in a deep pot on medium-low heat. Add peanuts and saute them for 2-5 minutes until crispy by stirring them constantly.
- Take out the peanuts in a plate lined with paper towel leaving the remaining oil in the pot only. Add the peanuts to the puffed rice.
- From that leftover oil just keep around 2 tbsp oil and transfer the remaining oil in a jar for later use.Once oil is hot, add mustard seeds. Make sure the gas is on medium-low. Once mustard seeds start to pop. Add curry leaves and once they start to crackle, add salt, turmeric powder.Cook the spices for few seconds making sure they don't burn. Add this spice mix to puffed rice and keep stirring it until all the puffed rice gets coated with the spice mix.
- Let it cool and then store in an airtight container. It stays good for up to a month.
You can play around with the seasoning too.
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This snack mix looks delicious, Ami! I would’ve never though to use puffed rice as the base. Love the flavors!
Thanks Gayle!
This mix looks so good! And healthy for you too, never a bad thing! Haha 😛
Right?! Being healthy makes it eligible for munching all the time haha!
Hi Ami, love this little snack it has everything, sweet and spicy!
Thanks Cheri!
Happy Diwali 🙂
I love puffed rice, too! My latest obsession with it is topped on my yogurt for bits of crunchy numminess. The spices and savory pairings sound great though!
Love the way you eat puffed rice. Will be trying soon!
This sounds so interesting and looks delicious! Pinning!
Thanks Mira!
This recipe is so much fun. Awesome!
Thanks Mike!
This snack mix looks so beautiful in the muffin tins!!
Thanks!
Ive had this in restaurants befroe! Totally going to try at home. It looks perfect!
Thanks Laura and it’s really simple to make too!
What a fun snack! I’ve never tried puffed rice before, so I will definitely be making this for myself!
You will love this snack!
Happy Diwali Ami! 🙂 I am getting really homesick these days too, the reason is same, Diwali! Miss the festive atmosphere back home. This is one of favorite snacks and your look so good, also very cute pictures! Have a great Diwali!
Thanks Manali!! Happy Diwali dear! 🙂
This looks really good! I bet it tastes good too!
This is fantastic.. I love this puffed rice.. love the flavours.. You know i have never made this before at home.. always comsumed the store bought 1s.. Can’t wait to try this 🙂
What a pretty snack! I’ve never had puffed rice before, but it looks delicious!
Ahhh!! This is so fun and so unique!! I wouldn’t have thought to come up with a recipe like this, but it sure does look delicious!! Talk about a great snack! I love Indian food!! YUM 🙂
I’ve never seen anything like this before – I usually see rice krispies smothered in chocolate and that’s about it – so thank you for introducing me to it!
Oh, and Happy Diwali!
Wow, Ami! This is very pretty and looks so delicious! I can’t wait to try it!
This is a very addictive snack. But the best part is that it is guilt free way to snack.
This is such a great snack mix! The puffed rice sounds amazing with the spices in here!
Give it a try Kelly!!
Hi, wanted to know if one does not have an oven. What is the alternative?
Hi Jaspreet! No problem, you can use a toaster oven if you have one OR to make it on gas, in the instructions, when you are adding peanuts & puffed rice, after adding them don’t turn off the gas. Keep the gas at very low low flame and keep stirring the mixture and after around 15-20 mins you will see that the puffed rice is all crispy! You are done then ☺