Avarekaalu/Surtipapdi is widely used by Kannadigas in various preperations from lemon rice to sambhar to snack. In Karnataka avarekaalu becomes available in the market from mid-december and attains peak in January and gradually decreases. One of the delicious snack is fried avarekaalu with Chivda. You can just season the fried avarekaalu without using chivda too.

All you need to make this snack is :
1. Peeled, deskinned surtipapdi/avarekaalu - 1cup (to deskin papdi soak them in water for 2hrs)
2. Pressed Rice/avalakki/poha/avval - 1/2 cup
3. peanuts, pottukadalai/roasted chana dal/dalia - 1cup each
4. dessicated/grated dry coconut -2tbsp (for garnishing only, do not deepfry)
5. Dry red chillies - 1
6. Curry leaves from 1 line
7. Salt, turmeric and red chillipowder according to your taste
How to make :
Fry all ingrediants from 1-6 in the order mentioned, they may look like this when fried

Add salt, turmeric and red chillipowder to the fried ingrediants and mix. Garnish with grated dry coconut. Your snack is ready to be served with a cup of hot coffee or tea. Enjoy it!!!

All you need to make this snack is :
1. Peeled, deskinned surtipapdi/avarekaalu - 1cup (to deskin papdi soak them in water for 2hrs)
2. Pressed Rice/avalakki/poha/avval - 1/2 cup
3. peanuts, pottukadalai/roasted chana dal/dalia - 1cup each
4. dessicated/grated dry coconut -2tbsp (for garnishing only, do not deepfry)
5. Dry red chillies - 1
6. Curry leaves from 1 line
7. Salt, turmeric and red chillipowder according to your taste
How to make :
Fry all ingrediants from 1-6 in the order mentioned, they may look like this when fried

Add salt, turmeric and red chillipowder to the fried ingrediants and mix. Garnish with grated dry coconut. Your snack is ready to be served with a cup of hot coffee or tea. Enjoy it!!!
8 comments:
thats a yummy snackkkkk lakshmi
soo good..the only problem is i will not be able to stop!!
Again a fav snack Lakshmi, I miss this so much here. I simply can't find tender averekaalu here, to fry them....pls nanage swalpa kalasi :)
I heard Mysore is a fun place to visit. Nice to stumble your blog.
@ Sagari, Rajitha
Thanks girls you liked them. You are right it is hard to stop once you start munching them. So my big box of snack got emptied in 3 days :D
@ Namratha,
the same problem in Singapore too. Sure..nexttime I see good avarekaalu in market I will leave a coment so you can send me your address. :))
@ rasa malaysia
Thanks for droping by. Mysore is a city of palaces. We have atleast 2-3 palaces which can be visited even today. It is a good place to visit. I love visiting your blog too, loved that short bread cookies recipe there. It is on my to try list. ;)
That is a yummy snack. My hubby would thank me if I make this for him. Thanks for sharing this lakshmi.
@lakshmi
U dint Mention Poha thick ya Phoa thin.
This is my favrt snack.
please yelli.......i would like to try this today.
@Shwetha,
Please use thick avalakki/Poha.
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