South Indian Mixture recipe also known as Madras Mixture was in my try list for years. So I am starting my Diwali recipes with this must try Diwali Mixture recipe. Some people call it as micher in Tamil. This Tamilnadu mixture is a combination of Omapodi, Karaboondi, Fried Aval / Poha, cashew nuts, peanuts, curry leaves mixed with spice powders like salt, red chilli powder and hing. This South Indian style mixture recipe is sold as Madras mixture in sweets & snacks shops and in popular hotels like A2B, Salem Lakshmi sweets etc.
In this mixture, I have also added small maida biscuits which is fondly called as mixture biscuit. When I was a kid, I used to pick these biscuits from the pack of mixture and savor it. Iam not a big fan of South Indian mixture but my husband, daughter and father in law loves it. I love North Indian mixture which is called as Chivda or Namkeen a lot as it has many dried fruits and nuts.
Every year during Diwali, I try to make a batch of mixture just for my family. Last year I made this recipe and took a video as well. But I couldn’t share it in my blog. So this year, I thought of starting Diwali recipes with this yummy snack. Soon I will try to post a North Indian namkeen recipe.
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Mixture Recipe | South Indian Madras mixture recipe
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 2 cups Oma podi
- 1 cup Kara boondi
- ½ cup Maida biscuit / Mixture biscuit
- 2 tbsp Cashew nuts
- ¼ cup Roasted peanuts
- ¼ cup Roasted gram dal / Daliya / Pottukadalai
- ½ cup Poha / Aval
- Curry leaves few
- Cooking oil to deep fry
- 1 tsp Red chilli powder
- Salt as needed
- ¼ tsp Hing
- ¼ tsp Sugar
Instructions
- Make Omapodi. Break oma podi into small pieces. Collect in a big bowl in which you are going to make the mixture.
- Make Karaboondi and collect in the same bowl.
- Make maida biscuit and add to the bowl. You can aslo make butter murukku and add to it. But it is optional.
- Deep fry thick aval till crispy and drain in a tissue paper. Deep fry peanuts, roasted gram dal till golden in color. Remove in the tissue paper.
- Next deep fry cashew nuts and collect in the tissue paper. Lastly deep fry few curry leaves and set aside.
- Transfer everything to the wide bowl. Add little salt, red chilli powder, hing and sugar.
- Cool down everything completely. Store in an air tight box. Enjoy up to one month. Use clean, dry hands while handling.
Notes
- Oma podi and kara boondi is a must in South Indian mixture.
- Mixture biscuit, Butter murukku is optional.
- You can adjust the quantity of peanuts, cashews and roasted gram as per your wish.
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Try this yummy South Indian mixture recipe and enjoy for this Diwali !
