Kara Pori that’s also known as Masala kaara pori makes a fantastic guilt free snack whenever you begin to crave for something to munch on. It is also one of the easiest pori recipes that you can make to finish off the pori that gets left over after pooja.
A cup of this spicy puffed rice along with a cup of steaming coffee or tea during the evenings is a wonderful treat especially during this cold season.
Mostly I make this snack when I have lots of pori after the Ayudha Pooja as we get lots of pori from the office poojas and from home.
This Kara pori makes an interesting snack to make with the left over pori instead of just eating it plain.
I had some left over pori (Murmura) after making pori urundai for Karthigai Deepam and every year the left over always gets converted to kara pori.
My kids love this so much and their favorite to munch when they are reading books is this spicy murmura. As it’s a healthy snack, I never mind even if they binge on it.
We love garlic, so I always spice up the pori with garlic and it gives such a nice flavor to our all time favorite snack. But you can leave out the garlic if you do not like it.
You can also add cashew nuts and sliced almonds while roasting the peanuts.
If you are game for fusion you can check out this Beach Style Masala Pori or Schezwan Pori
Kara Pori recipe details below:
Kara Pori – Masala Pori Recipe
Ingredients
- Pori or puffed rice - 1+1/2 cups
- Roasted peanuts – 1/4 cup
- Roasted gram dal - 1/4 cup
- Garlic pods – 3
- Red chili powder – 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/8 tsp
- Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
- Salt – to taste
- Oil – 2 tsp
Instructions
- Crush the garlic with skin and keep it ready.
- Heat a wide pan with oil.
- When hot add crushed garlic, curry leaves, roasted peanuts, roasted gram dal and sauté over low flame for 2-3 mins.
- Switch off the stove and immediately add turmeric powder, red chili powder, salt and mix well. It should get cooked in the heat of the pan itself.
- Now add pori and toss well. The pori should get well coated with the spice powders.
- Kara pori is ready.
- Store in an air tight jar and enjoy as you wish.
awesome Radhika… just love this. For me may be some chopped raw onions as well would complete this. Yumm
This is my all time favorite snack. I make it often but without chilli powder..
Crispy and tempting puffed rice. Excellent preparation.
Deepa
One of my childhood fav Radhika. guilt free snack too..
would love to munch on it anytime…
Loved it completely everything added beauty right from paper to cup 😀
Love this delicious snack, looks very tempting and spicy.
lovely yummy snack
We just luv this and always have a stock of it in my pantry…. Guilt free and healthy snack.. happy to follow a vetran n a great cook.. would be happier if u reciprocate…
this is such a guilt free snack that i love to munch with some grated carrots, mangoes and beets
perfect healthy snack!!! Happy to follow you back radhika..
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Wow.. My fav Kara pori.. looks awesome..
hmmm this looks so yummmm…. 🙂 How I wish u had passed me that bowl.. Light snack n hence a guiltfree one for sure
My favourite. especially evenings with a cup of tea/ coffee perfect
This is such an enjoyable low calorie snack. The pic looks so inviting.
Thank you Radhika, never really thought I would find a recipe for something as simple as this. Kara Pori brings back a lot of childhood memories to me. It was a weekend ritual for our family to visit Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore on Sunday evenings, and munch on Kara Pori while watching the crowd. 🙂 On that note, happy holidays and a great new year to you and your dear ones.
would love to grab the whole bowl” crispy snack…