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As often as possible I will be sharing information about vegetarian recipes and topics related to vegetarianism . I hope you will enjoy them and be able to share them with friends and family.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Chivda recipe , aval, thin poha recipe. snack recipe

Chivda - Rice flake - Aval - Snack

Chivda is a savory snack made all over India. It is made with generally riceflakes (called aval, poha, avalakki, chivra, beaten rice in Indian languages).

Thin variety of rice flakes is used for this recipe. This thin rice flake  isusually referred to as paper aval or thin poha.

It is good as a teatime snack or at any time. This snack keeps for 3-4 weeks so you can also carry it with you if you are traveling.

There is a deep fried variety of this for which thick poha is used. You will find both the recipes here.

How to make Chivda with thin aval - poha :

Ingredients for chivra:

paper poha - 250 gmsground nuts(peanuts) - 2 tbspred chili powder - 1 teaspoon or according to tastesalt - 2 tspoil - 2 or 3 tbspsugar (optional) -

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