Kuttavalakki recipe in Kannada | Kuttavalakki with Sandige | pounded spicy rice flakes - poha - avalakki mixture recipe

Ingredients :

• 4 cups Poha ( Dappa Avalakki )
• Mixed Sandige and happala  - Mainly Aralu sandige plus whatever you have at home
• Menthe Menasinakai - Majjige menasinakai 10 number ( depending on your taste)
• Groundnut seeds - kadalekai beeja 1 cup
• Roasted grams - hurigadale 1/2 cup 
• Curry leaves 1/2 cup
• Tamarind 1 big lemon size
• Jaggery 1 big lemon size
• Oil for frying
• Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon
• Asafoetida 1/2 teaspoon
• Turmeric 1/2 teaspoon 
• Salt to taste

Recipe Video :

Preparation :

• In a thick bottomed kadai, dry roast the poha in instalments in small quantities till they splurt.
• At the end, in the heated kadai dry roast the tamarind.
• Heat oil in a frying pan and fry all the Sandige, Happala and Menthe Menasinaki ( chillies ) and set aside.
• Take small quantity of roasted poha, tamarind, jaggery, salt and chillies and grind coarsely in a mixture. Like this grind all the poha. 
• Check the taste of the above mixture to see that it is hot, sweet and tangy. Adjust jaggery, tamarind and chilli to suit to your taste.
• Crush all the Sandige and Happala into small pieces in hand.  
• In a thick bottomed kadai heat 2 tablespoons of oil. 
• Add mustard seeds, when they spurt, add asafetida and turmeric powder.
• Add peanuts and fry till they are slightly golden and crisp.
• Add roasted gram and curry leaves.
• Now in a big bowl add the crushed sandige, avalakki mix and the tadka.
• Mix well and keep in an airtight container..

It can be enjoyed as a yummy snack with Tea/Coffee or you can mix finely chopped onion, cucumber, coriander and grated carrot and relish as a great chat.