Poha Mixture -- Atukula Mixture -- How to make Andhra Style Poha Mixture

Poha mixture or Chivda mixture is made in different styles in different regions. We can add any type of nuts to it. It is very easy recipe and kids also love it very much. Serve it with hot piping tea or can have a fistful of it anytime.  We have two types of poha or flattened rice; one is thick and another one is thin. We can use both of them for making mixture. We use thick one only for making upma and pulihora. Thin one is used in dosa batter and to make mixture. For this dish I used thick one. 
Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Recipe Category: Snacks
Recipe Cuisine: Andhra
Serves: 5

Ingredients:

• Poha/Flattened Rice/Atukulu - 3 cups
• Peanuts - 1 cup
• Roasted Gram - 1 cup
• Dry Coconut - 1 cup
• Green Chillies - 3 to 5
• Curry Leaves - 10 to 15 or fist ful
• Salt - to taste
• Turmeric Powder - 1 to 2 tsp
• Oil - 3 tbsp
• Mustard Seeds - 1 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Slit green chillies. Wash curry leaves and dry them.
2. Keep poha, peanuts, roasted gram and cut dry coconut into small pieces ready in separate bowls to make it easy.
   
   
3. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a kadai. Add peanuts and fry them till they turn light brown color. Take them in a wide plate.
4. Again in the same kadai, add roasted gram and fry for a while. i.e. 2 to 4  mins. Take them also in the same plate.
5. Fry dry coconut in the same kadai. 
   
6. Again heat 1 tbsp of oil in the same kadai, add mustard seeds, when they start spluttering, add slit green chillies and curry leaves. Fry them till they become crispy. 
7. Add turmeric powder and salt. Add poha to it and fry for 5 mins. Or till it become crispy.
   
8. Add all other ingredients to it and fry for 2 more mins, so that all the salt and turmeric powder adjust with them.
9. Serve this poha mixture of Andhra style with hot tea.