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    Recipe Index » Festivals » Diwali Recipes » Diwali Namkeen

    Corn Flakes Chivda Recipe (Namkeen) Makai Poha chivda

    Published: Oct 16, 2013 · Last Modified: Oct 11, 2019 by Kanan Patel / 11 Comments

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    Corn flakes chivda recipe - easy to make, healthy snack or namkeen recipe for Diwali festival.

    Many calls this makai poha chivda or corn poha chivda. While many calls this corn flakes mixture. Whatever the name of the dish, this chivda is just fantastic and delicious.

    Corn flakes chivda recipe (namkeen)

    My mom makes this chivda with dry yellow colored corn flakes aka makai poha or corn poha. These need to be deep-fried in the oil first, then mixed with nuts and spices.

    But here I have chosen the healthy version and used the Kellogg's corn flakes cereals. Because I have used cereal, there is no need to deep fry them. Use the cereal directly in the recipe.

    During the Diwali festive season, my mom makes many different chivda recipes and this makai poha chivda. When I was kid, I always wait for diwali, so I can enjoy these different chivdas.

    I have added amchur powder which gives the slight tang to the chivda. Also sugar is added to balance out the flavors.

    Here I have added peanuts, dalia, and cashews. You can adjust the nuts quantity as per your liking. If you like one nut than others then increase its quantity.

    How to make Corn Flakes Chivda?

    1) Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add mustard seeds. Let them pop.
    tempering mustard seeds

    2) Then add chopped green chilies and curry leaves.
    adding green chilies and curry leaves

    3) Fry it till they dry out. Because it is dry chivda and we do not want any moisture in it to increase the shelf life of chivda. So make sure that chilies and curry leaves are dried out completely.
    frying chilies and curry leaves till crispy

    4) Then add peanuts, dalia, and cashews.
    adding peanuts and dalia

    5) Roast them with stirring continuously till it becomes light brown and crispy.
    frying peanuts and dalia till golden brown

    6) Then add all spice powders (red chili powder, turmeric powder, fennel seeds powder, amchur powder) along with salt and sugar.
    adding spice powders

    7) Mix well.
    mixing spice powders

    8) And immediately add corn flakes.
    adding corn flakes cereal

    9) Mix it very gently and carefully till all the masala is coated and then turn off the stove. Do it gently because we do not want to break corn flakes.
    mixing corn flakes well to make namkeen

    Once it cools completely, store in airtight container/dabba/jar.

    Serve this corn flakes chivda as an afternoon snack. Or munch them on any time of the day.

    How to make corn flakes chivda

    Check out other chivda recipes
    Chiwda namkeen (fried poha chivda)  // Cereal chivda // Roasted poha chivda // Sabudana chivda

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    Corn flakes chivda namkeen (makai poha)
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    Corn Flakes Chivda Recipe (Namkeen) Makai Poha chivda

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    Corn flakes chivda - easy to make, healthy snack or namkeen recipe for Diwali.
    Author: Kanan
    Course: Snack
    Cuisine: Indian
    Calories: 228kcal
    Servings 5 cups
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 15 minutes
    Total Time 25 minutes
    US measuring cups are used (1 cup = 240 ml) See details

    Ingredients  

    • 4 cups Corn flakes cereal **Notes
    • 1 tablespoon Oil
    • ½ teaspoon Mustard seeds
    • 1 Green chilies chopped finely
    • 6 Curry leaves
    • 2 tablespoons Cashew nuts broken
    • 2 tablespoons Peanuts
    • 2 tablespoons Roasted chana dal (Fried gram or daria, dalia)
    • ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
    • 1 teaspoon Red chili powder
    • ½ teaspoon Fennel seeds powder
    • ½ teaspoon Amchur powder (dried mango powder)
    • 1 teaspoon Sugar powdered
    • Salt to taste

    Instructions 

    Making corn flakes chivda recipe:

    • Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat.
    • Once hot add mustard seeds. Let them pop.
    • Then add chopped green chilies and curry leaves. Fry it till they dry out. make sure that chilies and curry leaves do not have any moisture left.
    • Then add peanuts, dalia and cashews. Roast them with stirring continuously till it becomes light brown and crispy.
    • Then add all spice powders along with salt and sugar. Mix well.
    • And immediately add corn flakes.
    • Mix it very gently and carefully till all the masala is coated and then turn off the stove.

    Notes

    • Corn flakes cereal - I have used Kellogg’s corn flakes cereal.
    • Alternately you can use dried yellow corn flakes aka corn poha or makai poha. In this case, you need to deep fry the dried corn flakes in the oil first, then use in the recipe.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1cup | Calories: 228kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 8.9g | Fat: 7.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.9g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 415mg | Potassium: 86mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 3.2g
    *Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1 serving
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    Comments

    1. Jyoti Agarwal

      July 14, 2021 at 2:50 am

      Hi Kanan,
      This recipe looks yum! What brand/type corn flakes cereal did you use? Can you share the pic of box🙏🏻5 stars

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      • Kanan Patel

        July 15, 2021 at 8:55 am

        I have used Kellogg's Original Cornflakes Cereal.

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