Express Recipes: Want to have something spicy with tea? Try making masala peanuts

Method

* Clean the peanuts, thoroughly.

* Strain the gram flour through sieve in any vessel. Add some water to it and stir until all lumps dissolve completely. Now add rest of the water as well and whisk the gram flour batter for 3 to 4 minutes and keep it aside for 2 to 3 minutes so that batter gets fluffy.

* Add salt, red chilly powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, mango powder, coriander powder, baking soda and 1 to 2 tsp oil in the batter. Batter for making masala peanuts is now ready. Mix peanuts in the batter.

* For frying masala peanuts, take some oil in a wok and heat it. Now take 7 to 8 or as much peanuts as possible in your hand and place these batter coated peanuts in oil, one by one, gently. Reduce the flame and fry until the coating of peanuts turns brown in color. It takes 4 to 5 minutes for frying one lot of peanuts. Take out the fried peanuts in a plate.

* Fry rest of the peanuts as well in similar manner. Take out all the fried peanuts in a plate.

* Sprinkle red chilly powder and chaat masala over the fried peanuts and mix well. Keep them as it is for 1 hour so that they cool.

* Masala peanuts is ready. You can store them in an air tight container and relish eating for up to 2 months.

A homemaker in Noida, and passionate about cooking, Nisha Madhulika at 54 started http://www.nishamadhulika.com in 2007. She started her YouTube channel in mid 2011. She is known for making recipes with easily available ingredients. She has posted more than 1100 videos on her channel so far. She is one of the most popular chefs online and was recently featured in YouTube Top Chefs coffee table book.