ChickPea Mixture 

Ingredients

Chickpea powder        500 gm
Red chillie powder          5 gm
Oil                           400 gm
pea nuts                   100 gm
cashew nuts                50 gm
curry leaves                 10
Salt to taste
Water

A special machine is available to make different shapes of noodle like threads, ribbons and other shapes. This is needed to prepare the mixture. A sieve like flat spoon is also used to make the 'boondi', small pearls made of chickpea.

Take the chickpea powder in a bowl and add salt and red chillie powder.

The amount of chillie powder can be increased or decreased adn may be not used at all according to hwo spicy you want the mixture to be.

Heat a cup of oil  and pour it on the chick pea powder. Mix well so that the chick pea floor is thoroughly mixed with the hot oil. This is necessary to make the mixture crisp. Add some water and mix well so that the chick pea floor can be taken in hand and rolled like a ball.

Heat some oil in a shallow pan. use the ribbon shaped attachment to the machine, put a lump of chickpea batter in the machine and squeeze out ribbons in the oil.  Deep fry them.  Remove them from the oil when they turn golden brown and keep them aside.

Change the attachment to thin noodle like strings. Use the same batter to squeeze out this shape. Deep fry in the oil.[check for details in the chick pea crisp noodles, om podi]

Add a little more water, make the batter a little thinner. Hold the sieve like falt spoon above the pan, pour the liquid batter on it and tap gently. Tiny pearl like balls will fall into the oil. Deep fry them till tehy are golden brown. Use a big flat spoon to remove them from oil.

Fry pea nuts using the same oil.  Remove the pea nuts and fry the cashewnuts.
Fry the curry leaves.

Now add all the fried things together and mix well.  If preferred you can sprinkle a little bit of salt and chillie powder on top of the mixture.

Now the mind blowing chickpea mixture is ready to eat. This snack is usually taken in tea time. It is also an accompaniment for Mysore Pak, chickpea candies.