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Friday 28 June 2013

Chire Bhaja Recipe

Chire bhaja(Fried pressed rice) recipe:

Chire bhaja is a popular snack in eastern part of India and generally served with steaming cup of tea or chai .
It is easy to cook and hardly takes 5 minutes to prepare .Chire bhaja goes really well with roasted peanuts .
It does not take a lot of oil to fry the chire or pressed rice, I only used 1 table spoon oil for this recipe.It is crispy,crunchy and ideal as a rainy day snack.Hope you will enjoy it:)

Chire bhaja(Fried pressed rice) Ingredients:

  • 1 cup chire(pressed rice).
  • oil for frying.
  • 1/4 tea spoon black pepper powder.
  • salt.
  • 1 chopped onion for garnishing.

Chire bhaja Cooking process:

  1. Heat oil in a kadhai or frying pan and stir fry the chire(Chiwda) or pressed rice till they become crisp and golden brown(make sure that the chire/chiwda does not become charred brown).Just before removing the fried chire from the pan add black pepper and salt and mix well.
  2. Garnish with chopped onion and serve wit tea.