I am still in the festival mood and decided to prepare this long pending mixture last week. The only reason I kept postponing was because it always felt like a lot of work given that this snack is a combination of various savory snacks. Thinking about it, I had already blogged the individual snacks like karaboondhi, oma podi, channa dal and I finally took the plunge. Since we are going to be mixing all the items together, a little of each is good enough and that made the job simpler too. 
This is a versatile snack and you can add other savories also to it. Some people add a little murukku, kara sev, maida biscuit and so on. Either way it is a tasty and addictive snack and I am glad I can finally cross it off my list. Off to the recipe.
South Indian Mixture
Savory snack that is a mixture of a variety of snacks.
Ingredients:
- Karaboondhi
- besan - 1 cup (kadala maavu)
- rice flour - 1/4 cup (arisi maavu)
- chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
- salt - to taste
- baking soda - a pinch
- oil - to deep fry
- Omam Podi
- besan - 1 cup (kadala maavu)
- rice flour - 1/4 cup (arisi maavu)
- ajwain - 1 tsp - soaked in 1/4 cup hot water
- ghee - 1 tsp
Homemade ghee can be made following this link
- salt - to taste
- turmeric - a pinch (can also use food coloring instead)
- asafoetida - a pinch
- oil - to deep fry
- For Mixture
- garbanzo - 1 cup - soaked overnight
- channa dal - 1/2 cup - soaked overnight
- peanuts - 1/2 cup
- cashews - 1/4 cup
- curry leaves - few
- salt - to taste
- chilly powder - to taste
- oil - to deep fry
Instructions:
Garbanzo
Soak garbanzo overnight. Spread on a plate to dry. Heat oil and fry the garbanzo until the sizzling stops and they start floating. Remove from oil and season with chilly powder and salt.
Channa Dal
Follow this recipe for preparing channa dal.
Oma Podi
Follow this recipe for preparing oma podi.
Kara Boondhi
Follow this recipe for preparing kara boondhi.
Peanuts and Cashews
Deep fry in oil until crispy and golden brown.
Curry leaves
Fry curry leaves for a few seconds.
Toss it all together and season with salt and chilly powder if needed. Allow to cool and store in airtight containers.
1. For karaboondhi, we normally fry cashews, peanuts and curry leaves. Since I was already frying those for the mixture, I have not included those in the ingredient list for karaboondhi. Also instead of turmeric, I have added red food coloring.
2. You can also add other savories like kara sev, potato chips and so on.
1 year ago: Tzatziki
2 years ago: Rasamalai (Paneer Dessert)
Pictorial
1. Soak garbanzo overnight and spread on a plate to dry. I let it dry for a couple of hours.
2. Heat oil and fry the garbanzo until the sizzling stops and they start floating.
3. Remove from oil and while warm, season with salt and chilly powder.
4. Follow this recipe for preparing channa dal.
5. Follow this recipe for preparing oma podi.
6. Follow this recipe for preparing kara boondhi.
7. Fry peanuts in oil until golden brown and crispy 
8. Fry cashews until golden brown.
9. Fry curry leaves for a few seconds.
10. Toss them all together. Add chilly powder and salt if needed. Allow to cool and store in airtight containers.
Tasty snack ready.
Enjoy!
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my husband fav.. looks so yum
Hi dear long time sorry have been thinking of buzzing u for long have been following ur site but didn’t get time to comment but couldn’t resist this awesome mixture so good and very tasty. I have to try it some time.
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I’ve posted few weeks back…similar mixture..
Looks lovely and nice pics
Clear explanation.Love it
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wow…yummy and tempting mixture, nice pictorials and pictures…everything made perfectly
very very deliciously made mixture
Its my all time fav 
love your pictorials dear !!