Simple & Fatafat Cornflakes Mixture

My husband is fond of our original South Indian mixture. I used to make traditional mixture during diwali festival and its very time consuming. I tried this cornflakes mixture as an substitute to our traditional mixture and came out so good. It is very easy to make and can be prepared so quickly.

Preparation time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins
Yields : 4 cups

Ingredients required:

Cornflakes - 3 cups
Rice flakes (Poha) - 1 cup (white)
Almonds - 1/2 cup
Cashewnut - 1/2 cup
Fried gram dal - 3/4 cup
Raisin - 1/2 cup
Curry leaf - 1/4 cup
Ground nut - 1/4 (Roasted, optional)
Salt - to taste
Chilli powder - 1 -2 teaspoon (adjust to taste)
Sugar powder - 1-2 teaspoon
Hing - 1 pinch
Chat masala - 1 teaspoon (optional)


Preparation Method:

1. Heat oil in a open pan / kadai. In metallic colander /strainer add corn flakes and gently immerse the strainer in hot oil and fry it in batches. Add fried corn flakes to paper towel to remove excess oil.
2. Similarly fry almonds, cashewnuts, raisins, fried gram dal, curry leaf  in order, one by one and add it to large mixing bowl.
3. Finally fry rice flakes in oil and add it to the mixing bowl. Always use colander to fry rice flakes.
4. To the mixing bowl, add fried corn flakes, salt, chilli powder, hing, sugar powder, chat masala and mix well.

Cornflakes mixture is ready and store it in airtight container.

Tips:
1. To add slight tangy taste, add amchur powder to taste.
2. Always add spices and salt when mixture is hot. So that spice powder get stick to mixture.
3. Mixture always varies as we can add boondi, chat biscuit and so on.