Corn Flakes Chivda

Ingredients

• 4 cups cornflakes, slightly crushed
• 1 cup baked potato sticks
• ½ tsp mustard seeds
• ¼ tsp asafoetida
• ½-1 tsp red chili powder
• ½ tsp fennel seeds
• 2-3 green chili, sliced
• 2-3 sprigs curry leaves
• ½-1 cup ground nuts, roasted
• ½-1 cup chana dalia or roasted chana dal
• ½-1 cup cashew nuts, roasted
• ½ cup raisins
• salt to taste
• 1-2 tbsp oil

Directions

1. Heat oil in a large sauce pan, add mustard seeds and cover the pan.  When the seeds have popped, add asafoetida, green chili and curry leaves and stir for a minute.
2. Add nuts, dal and raisins and stir for 2 minutes.
3. Add chili powder and fennel seeds and mix well.
4. At low heat, add cornflakes and potato sticks, add salt to taste, stir for a minute and then turn off heat.
5. When completely cooled, store in an air-tight container.