Mixture recipe | South Indian mixture recipe – Diwali mixture recipe with full video. A popular snack from South India made using plain sev, kara boondi and fried nuts.
Mixture is a must in most of the South Indian homes, for Diwali. I have very fond memories of my childhood. Amma used to make in big quantity and for the next 2 weeks after diwali, we have this South Mixture with all our meals.
Mixture is always convenient for distribution. Even a small quantity will yield more when it is mixed with other ingredients. I have posted Bombay dal mixture recipe in Jeyashri’s kitchen. Also, my kids are a great fan of the Chennai Sri Krishna sweets Mota mixture. I have posted the recipe of Madras mixture in Jeyashris kitchen.
Apart from Murukku, ribbon pakoda and other snack varieties, we make mixture in our home for Deepavali. Deepavali bakshanam will be incomplete without the addition of mixture.
Check out my thattai recipe, Thengai paal murukku and Ribbon pakoda recipe.
South Indian mixture recipe
South Indian Mixture
Ingredients
- 1 cup besan flour
- ¼ cup rice flour
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 1 tbsp hot oil
- A pinch of baking soda
- Oil for deep frying
- Asafoetida a generous pinch
- 1 cup Besan | kadalai maavu
- ¼ cup Rice flour
- Salt as needed
- 1 tbsp Hot oil
- Asafoetida a generous pinch
- ¼ cup pottukadalai
- ¼ cup peanuts
- 2 tbsp aval | poha
- ¼ cup cashew nuts
- 2 tsp red chili powder
- Salt as needed
- Few curry leaves
- 1/2 tsp Black pepper powder
Instructions
- First let’s make plain sev for the mixture.
- Add besan flour, rice flour, 1 tbsp of hot oil, salt, and asafoetida.
- Add water and make a soft dough.
- Use omapodi achu for making plain sev.
- Place a portion of dough and cover it.
- Squeeze into the hot oil.
- Fry on both sides
- Take out once oil sound subsides.
- Drain in a kitchen towel. Repeat this for the rest of the dough.
- Let’s make Kara boondi now.
- Check out my full recipe on How to make Kara boondi.
- In a bowl add 1 cup besan |gram flour, rice flour, red chili powder, salt, baking soda and 1 tbsp hot oil.
- Add water and mix well without lumps.
- It should be a smooth batter in the consistency of dosa batter.
- Make boondis using a perforated ladle.
- Fry till the oil sound subsides.
- Take out from oil once it is crisp.
- Repeat this for the rest of the batter.
- It yielded 3 cups of boondi.
- Add ¼ cup of peanuts and fry it.
- Take out and drain in a kitchen towel.
- Add ¼ cup of roasted gram and fry till golden brown.
- Take out from oil and drain in a kitchen towel.
- Now fry ¼ cup of cashew nuts.
- Take out once it is golden brown.
- Fry 2 tbsp aval | poha. Use thick poha.
- Take out from oil once it is crisp.
- It gets cooks very fast, so be quick in taking it out from oil.
- Switch off and add few curry leaves.
- Take out once crisp.
- In a wide bowl add the plain sev
- Break it into pieces.
- Now add the kara boondi, fried nuts, aval and curry leaves one by one.
- Add 2 tsp red chili powder, little salt and ½ tsp pepper powder.
- Mix well with a clean dry spoon.
- South Indian mixture is ready.
Video
Notes
- First, let’s make plain sev for the mixture.
- Add besan flour, rice flour, 1 tbsp of hot oil, salt, and asafoetida.
- Add water and make a soft dough.
- Use omapodi achu for making plain sev.
- Place a portion of dough and cover it.
- Squeeze into the hot oil.
- Fry on both sides
- Take out once oil sound subsides.
- Drain in a kitchen towel. Repeat this for the rest of the dough.
- Let’s make Kara boondi now.
- Check out my full recipe on How to make Kara boondi.
- In a bowl add 1 cup besan |gram flour, rice flour, red chili powder, salt, baking soda, and 1 tbsp hot oil.
- Add water and mix well without lumps.
- It should be a smooth batter in the consistency of dosa batter.
- Make boondis using a perforated ladle.
- Fry till the oil sound subsides.
- Take out from oil once it is crisp.
- Repeat this for the rest of the batter.
- It yielded 3 cups of boondi.
- Add ¼ cup of peanuts and fry it.
- Take out and drain in a kitchen towel.
- Add ¼ cup of roasted gram and fry till golden brown.
- Take out from oil and drain in a kitchen towel.
- Now fry ¼ cup of cashew nuts.
- Take out once it is golden brown.
- Fry 2 tbsp aval | poha. Use thick poha.
- Take out from oil once it is crisp.
- It gets cooks very fast, so be quick in taking it out from oil.
- Switch off and add few curry leaves.
- Take out once crisp.
- In a wide bowl add the plain sev
- Break it into pieces.
- Now add the kara boondi
- Add fried nuts, aval and curry leaves one by one.
- Add 2 tsp red chili powder, little salt and ½ tsp pepper powder.
- Mix well with a clean dry spoon.
- South Indian mixture is ready.
- You can add sweet maida biscuits to the mixture
- Always keep the mixture in a clean air tight container.
- You can add few murukku bits to the mixture too.
- South Indian Mixture stays good for 2 weeks in an airtight container.
Mixture is superb.Fantastic combo coffee and mixture.
Crunchy and perfect for teatime..feel like grabbing from the screen 🙂
Home made mixture is always a welcome as it has its own flavour! With coffee it looks damn tempting
Mixture and filter coffee..pramadama irukku.
Have a great India trip.
Wonderful looking mixture…
mixture looks perfect n crispy…delicious combo with tea!!
superb looking mixture …best for tea time snack
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
wow looks so yummy, Jaishree …I love mixtures it looks so tempting 🙂
awesome…such a joy to have it with hot steaming cup of coffee in the winter.
A SUPERB CRUNCHY , MUNCHY POST FOR SURE
wow perfect mixture jeyashri,u fried everything evenly…
wow homemade mixture…..awesome dear….
Herbs and Flowers – "Parsley" – Till Nov 15th
LGSS -"Tomato" – Nov 5th to Dec 5th
100 Friends/Followers & GIVEAWAY
Spicy, crispy mixture perfect with kaapi!! 🙂
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
sicy,crispy n crunchy mixture….looks fabulous….perfect!!
Looks damn tempting Jeyashri.. looks too good and home is the best and with the coffee perfect pair up. By the way going to India? Have wonderful trip.
Any leftover there, love this homemade mixture anytime,love it love it..
super one with hot coffee i love it..
Tempting and my fav. with coffee. My recipe for mixture is ready in draft slightly different.
It needs so much of effort..Comes out too gud.Luv the festival spirits..
🙂
Want some right now!
Loved ur clicks. The stack of omapodi looks awesome 🙂
Super tempting mixture. Would love to have it with coffee.
delicious mixture to snack
Happy journey and a nice vacation!:)
Adding ribbon pakoda-murukku-pepper powder are new to me. Will try next time!
Crunchy and perfect for teatime..feel like grabbing from the photo 🙂
Ho that filer coffee and mixture is making me hungry
simply love the taste n freshness of home made mixture…looks perfect
https://panchamrutham.blogspot.com/
Nice recipe .. Very new to me
wonderful recipe..looks perfect..
wow…
looks perfect and very tempting jeya 🙂
Looks super yummy.. I wish i had that cup with me now!!!!
Looks super yummy.. I wish i had that cup with me now!!!!
Hi Jeyashri, Awesome recipe. I'm gonna follow this to the T. So far, omapodi and karaboondi done.
Just one suggestion: Please link to Omapodi and Karaboondi from the ingredient list. It's easy for people to go to those recipes. Of course, I searched and got the posts. Just saying it's more convenient. Thanks 🙂 – Divya
thanks for the suggestion. But i linked to all already. Now highlighted