Cornflakes Chivda | Makai Poha

Try this easy Cornflakes chivda or Makai Chivda as tea time snacks and you are going to fall in love with it. This is crunchy sweet & savory, you can alter the spices as per your preference. Here I have used yellow colour cornflakes which are deep fried to make chivda. These are also called corn poha or makai poha. It can be prepared as Diwali snacks or munching snack for evening tea. Cornflakes namkeen with detailed photo and video recipe. I would also like to highlight my other snack recipes collection from my website.

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Layered Namak Pare : https://thefoodiecurls.blogspot.com/2019/12/layered-namak-paare-recipe.html
Gujiya recipe: https://thefoodiecurls.blogspot.com/2019/11/chasni-gujiya.html

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 25 mins 

1 cup = 250ml

Ingredients

1 cup dried Cornflakes (makai poha) 

1/2 cup Peanuts

1/2 cups Roasted chana dal/ Bengal gram

1/4 cup cashew nuts 

Handful of Kishmish/ golden raisins 

1 tbsp Mustard seeds 

4-5 slit green chilli 

8-10 curry leaves 

1/2 tsp turmeric powder 

1/2 tsp red chilli powder 

1 tsp sugar

Salt as per taste

Oil for frying

Method of how to make cornflakes chivda

• Take 1 cup of dried cornflakes, fry it in hot oil.
• Fry the cornflakes, keep stirring till they expand and become golden crisp.
• Shake the ladle to remove excess oil. 
• Drain the corn flakes on a plate/bowl lined with kitchen paper towel. 
• Fry the rest of the corn flakes in the same way.
• Add peanuts, fry them in the same way until they are crisp and crunchy 
• Remove and place them in kitchen towel 
• Similarly fry roasted chana dal and cashews until they turn brown. Drain excess oil in kitchen towel. 
• Next add the raisins, fry them till they become plump & swell up.
• For tadka, heat 1 tbsp oil, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, slit chilli, chilli powder, sugar and salt. 
• Mix well
• Add it to the fried mixture, gently mix everything well.
• Once the chivda is cooled down Store it in an airtight container 
• Serve fresh as a tea time snack