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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Lotus Seeds Fry (मखाना फ्राई ) OR Fried Makhana

Makhana or Lotus Seeds you can find it in Indian store. They are really good snack item. It is really good for kids. You can make this crunchy snack in no time, may be less than five minutes.

Ingredients:-
(1). one cup makhana (lotus seed)
(2). salt to taste
(3). 1 teaspoon red chili powder (optional)
(4). 3-4 teaspoon crushed sugar
(5). 1 cup oil or ghee for frying.

Recipe:-
Take oil in pan and make it warm. Add makhana into it and fry it for minute or so. All we want lotus seeds to become crispy and crunchy. Take them out in bowl.  Make sure makhana don't turn too brown. Now sprinkle salt, chili powder and sugar in bowl and mix well.

Voila!! your snack is ready. Start some movie or sports and start munching your popcorn style fried lotus seeds.To make your snack more interesting fry half cup peanuts and add into fried makhana and mix well. If needed add spices according to taste.

Makahan Fry or Lotus Seeds Fry

Tip:-
If you are making this snack for kids I would suggest fry makhana or lotus seed using ghee ( purified butter).
Instead of using peanuts you can add some salted mixed nuts like cashew, almonds, Brazilian nuts etc.


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