Popped Rice Balls

Popped Rice Balls (Khoi Moa/Murkhi )

Makes:300gms                                                                                     Time:10 mins

Popped Rice Balls or Khoi Moa/ Murkhi as it is known in Bengali. Yes, this dish is a Bengali specialty. It is a simple, sweet and tasty snack which you can make in minutes. A near-extinct recipe as mothers are moving on to unhealthy fast food such as chips, noodles, and burgers. 

Ingredients

Popped rice   200gm

Jaggery         100 gm

Water             2 tbsp

Ghee              2tsp

Preparation

Take a kadhai/ sauce pan put the jaggery and water and keep on stirring while letting it boil until it becomes bubbly and starts sticking to the stirring spoon. Then add the ghee. Switch off the flame.Keep on stirring for a little more time to cool it. Add the popped rice and mix well so all of it is uniformly coated with the jaggery. Make sure it is not sticky.Then take a handful of the mixture and press it between the palms to shape it into a ball. Your snack is ready

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Serves 5                                                                                          Creates around 250 gms

Ingredients 

Puffed Rice - 250gm

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp

Asafoetida - 1 pinch 

Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves - 1 bunch

Oil - 2 tsp

Salt to taste

Preparation 

Warm the oil in a kadai. Add turmeric powder,mustard seeds,asafoetida,curry leaves and add salt as per taste. When the leave's start crackling lower the flame add the puffed rice and mix it thoroughly for 2 mins. Let it cool down and pour it in a vessel ( if you put it in an airtight container it you can store it for 2 - 3weeks ).