Mangalore’s most loved instant street food, puffed rice mixed with chopped vegetables, lemon juice, ground nuts and spiced with chili powder which bombards with a lingering tingling taste all over your mouth. Very own ‘CHARMURI’.
Rice has always been an important part of mangalorean cuisine, and this churumuri recipe prepared with puffed rice is the most popular & loved street food of Mangalore and Udupi region. It is also called as charmuri in Mangalore. Churumuri recipe is an instant dish which can be prepared by mixing chopped vegetables and some eggs for more taste with puffed rice . A traditional puffed rice is made by heating rice in a sand filled oven.
Puffed rice is known as mandakki in Karnataka and kurlari in Mangalore region. Puffed rice is also used in bhel puri & also in some chivda recipes. This chatpata churumuri recipe can be enjoyed in stalls which are set up near temples, area fairs, as we walk by sea shores, and also in chat stalls.
In Mangalore, we know our favourite Dhamanna’s & Seethana’s charmuri near to St. Aloysius College, which not a single Aloysian would have missed. Also we get the yummy charmuri from small stalls especially near Kadri Temple, Mangala Stadium, Kankanady, Carstreet and mostly in every corner of Mangalore.
Mangalore Charmuri is a must try and not a single person should miss to taste it. It is one of the favourite chats of everyone from kids to adults.
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