Mandakki usli recipe | How to make mandakki oggarane | Karnataka style mandakki susla
By Latha on January 17th, 2020
Mandakki usli or puffed rice oggarane recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. Mandakki oggarane or mandakki susla is a very simple and healthy breakfast recipe. Mandakki usli or mandakki oggarane is prepared using thick puffed rice, roasted gram, onion, tomato, green chilli, peanuts and few other spices. This is a tasty north Karnataka recipe.
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I learnt this recipe from my maid, here in Pune. I have used tomato in this recipe, which is optional and you can skip it. Also I have used roasted gram flour or hurigadale (putani) hittu in this recipe, which is very important and don't skip it.
This is a very easy but tasty recipe. You can prepare this mandakki oggarane or mandakki susla in just 15 - 20 minutes. You can prepare this either for breakfast or as evening snacks. I have used 8 cups of mandakki or puffed rice, which is little less than 200gm. Do try this and enjoy the simplicity of cooking.
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I have made a video on this recipe with Kannada narration and English subtitles, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 5 min
Cooking time: 15 min
Serves: 3
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 8 cups or 200gm puffed rice or mandakki
- 1/4 cup roasted gram or hurigadale
- 1/4 cup ground nut or peanuts or shenga
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 large onion
- 1 small tomato
- 1-2 green chili
- 4-5 curry leaves
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- Salt as per your taste
- Sugar as per your taste
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
- Lemon juice as per your taste
Instructions for making mandakki usli or oggarane:
- Take 1/2 cup of roasted gram in a mixie jar.
- Grind it into a fine powder and keep it aside.
- Take 8 cup of puffed rice in a container.
- Add enough water and soak it for 2 minutes.
- After 2 minutes, squeeze the water and take it out.
- Heat oil in a deep frying pan. Add in ground nuts or peanuts. Fry until peanut starts crackling.
- Next add in mustard seeds. And finely chopped green chillies. Adjust the green chillies as per your spice level.
- Also add in curry leaves and finely chopped onion. Fry everything together until onions turn soft under low medium flame.
- Add in chopped tomato, turmeric powder and fry until tomatoes are soft.
- Add in salt as per your taste and give a quick mix. Please remember that some variety of puffed rice do contain salt in them.
- Add in little sugar and give a quick mix. Please note that adding sugar is optional.
- Next add in soaked puffed rice.
- Top it with coriander leaves.
- Also add in roasted gram powder from step 2.
- At the end, add in lemon juice as per your taste.
- Switch off the stove and give a quick mix. Serve it as breakfast or evening snacks and enjoy.
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