Diet Murmura Namkeen Recipe makes healthy and delicious snack of puffed rice. It is very easy to make and does not contain too many calories. It is perfect for light snacking. Murmura namkeen is a great accompaniment with a cup of hot tea.
We can easily digest murmura or puffed rice. Since murmura or muri is basically rice that is puffed up, it has more volume, and is light. It is ideal for snacking between meals.
Low in calories, it does not contain many nutrients as well. Thus mixing it with other nutritive ingredients is a good idea. It can increase the volume and add crunch to a preparation. It is used extensively in many Indian snacks and street foods. I still remember enjoying jhaal muri in my train journey through Bihar and Bengal. And bhel puri is of course a very popular street food across India.
I watched this interesting video that shows the making of puffed. You can watch it here.
You may also like chivda namkeen recipe, another diet namkeen made from flattened rice or chivda/poha. I also make atta biscuits to enjoy with my tea. These are whole wheat flour cookies, and are eggless. Whenever I am in the mood to eat something warm and spicy, but at the same time healthy, I make Moradabadi moong dal chaat and sometimes kaale chane ke kababs.
Diet murmura namkeen recipe
Ingredients for diet murmura namkeen recipe
You can make this spicy puffed rice snack very easily. First shallow fry peanuts. Then in the same oil add mustard seeds, curry leaves, chopped green chillies, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, and asafoetida (heeng). To this quickly add roasted bengal gram, fried peanuts, salt, and murmura/puffed rice/muri. You can also add some dry mango powder. Roast for few minutes, and murmura namkeen is ready. I sometimes add some corn flakes too. You can add many more ingredients such as small pieces of dry coconut, roasted grains of barley etc.
Diet murmura namkeen is ready
It can be stored in airtight container for 10-15 days. Make a large quantity, and enjoy it with a cup of tea or coffee.
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| Servings | Prep Time |
| 10 servings | 5 minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 10 minutes |
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Diet murmura namkeen is low in calories and is very easy to make. It is a perfect accompaniment with tea and coffee. You can store it in airtight container for 15-20 days.
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- 200 gm puffed rice (murmura/kurmura/muri/laiya) (4 cups)
- 100 gm peanut (1 cup)
- 100 gm roasted whole black gram (chana) (1 cup)
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 pinch asafoetida (heeng)
- 3 sprigs cury leaves
- 2 green chillies finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder/haldi
- 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon dry mango powder (amchoor)
- salt to taste
- Heat oil in a large heavy bottomed pan. Add peanuts and shallow fry them on low flame till they slightly darken and start emanating roasted smell. Take out the peanuts.
- In the same hot oil add mustard seeds. When the seeds start spluttering, add asafoetida (heeng), curry leaves, green chillies, red chilli powder, and turmeric powder. Then add roasted black gram (roasted chana) and fried peanuts. Also add puffed rice (murmura) and mix well. Then add salt to taste and dry mango powder. Roast till murmura becomes crunchy.
- Switch off the gas and allow it to cool down. Store in airtight container. Enjoy this snack with tea, coffee or cold drink.
- You can add many more ingredients of your choice such as corn flakes, roasted grains of barley, dried coconut slices, etc.
- You can add chaat masala to this namkeen for added flavor.
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