Jowar Dhani Chivda Recipe

Step 1: To begin making the Jowar Dhani Chivda, heat a large pan preferably iron kadai on medium flame

Step 2: Add oil andsalt to the kadhai

Step 3: Add a handful of good quality jowar seeds and wait till they absorb enough heat and once you see the seeds popping, start stirring it making sure they don’t burn

Step 4: You can avoid oil and pop these on dry hot kadhai too

Step 5: Once all the jowar has popped, remove from kadai into a large bowl

Step 6: Repeat the same for remaining jowar dhani

Step 7: Transfer into a bowl and set aside

Step 8: Fry plain and coloured papad in the oil and keep them aside

Step 9: Add 1 teaspoon of oil again into the kadai and roast peanuts

Step 10: Remove from kadai and keep it aside

Step 11: Into the same pan, add curry leaves and dried red chilies and when curry leaves start to splutter, turn off heat and add turmeric powder

Step 12: Immediately pour this on top of the popped jowar dhani

Step 13: Into the popped jowar bowl add the  papad broken into smaller pieces

Step 14: Now add the broken papads, roasted peanuts

Step 15: With your hands, carefully mix them all together

Step 16: If you like, you can also add some sev, roasted fried Bengal gram dal, khara boondi and even puffed rice

Step 17: Let it cool down completely and then store it in an air tight container

Step 18: Serve Jowar Dhani Chivda with hot Masala Chai to your guests