Masala Mandakki

Ingredients:

4 cups Puffed Rice / Mandakki

4-5 Garlic flakes / Bellulli

5-6 tsp Dalia Split / Putani / Hurigadale

3-4 tsp Peanuts / Groundnuts / Kadlekai / Shenga

1/4 tsp Mustard seeds

1/2 tsp Blackgram seeds

1-2 Red Chilly

4-5 tsp Oil

1 tsp Garam Masala powder

Pinch of Turmeric powder

Pinch of Salt

Recipe:

Take 4 cups of puffed rice and keep it aside.

Remove the outer cover of garlic flakes and smash it. Add 4-5 tsp oil and smashed garlic to a thick bottomed vessel/pan. Fry them for about 2-3 mins, untill garlic turns golden in color. Add mustard seeds, blackgram seeds, peanuts, dalia split, red chilly turmeric powder, pinch of salt and garam masala powder. Fry them for about 3-4 mins in medium flame. Once all the ingredients turns golden in color, add curry leaves and fry for few seconds.

Add puffed rice and fry them for about 2-3 mins in low flame.

When it is cooled to room temperature, keep it in an airtight container. Serve along with coffee or tea.

Mavina Midi Tambli

Ingredients:
2 - 3 medium sized Mango pickle / Mavina Midi
3/4 cup Grated Coconut
3/4 -1 cup fresh Buttermilk / Yogurt /Curd
1 Green Chilly
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
4 - 5 Curry Leaves
1 tsp Oil

Recipe:
Take 2-3 mango pickle and wash it. Cut each mango(mavina midi), remove the seed and keep it aside.
Grind grated coconut and mangoes into smooth paste by adding sufficient amount of water. (If it is frozen coconut, use hot water while grinding.) Add this ground coconut to a vessel. Add buttermilk, salt to the same vessel and mix it well. (If it is yogurt/curd, put it in a mixer for few seconds before adding it to tambli.)
Add mustard seeds and oil in a pan. Once it starts spluttering, add curry leaves and add it to tambli. It goes well with rice.