Everything about Puffed Rice totally explained
Puffed rice is a type of
puffed grain made from
rice; usually made by heating rice kernels under
high pressure in the presence of
steam, though the method of manufacture varies widely.
Puffed rice is used in snack foods and
breakfast cereals, and is also a popular street food in some parts of the world. It is an ingredient of
bhel puri, a popular Indian
chaat item.
A traditional puffed rice called
muri is made by heating rice in a
sand-filled
oven. Muri is to rice as
popcorn is to corn. The processing involved makes rice less perishable. Muri is a staple food in many parts of
Bengal and
Bangladesh.
Jhalmuri or masalamuri/bhelpuri is a very popular preparation made from muri.
Puffed rice is referred to as
mur mure in some parts of India. It is also called
churmuri and
kurlu in
Tulu. Puffed rice is called "kadle-poori" in Kannada, "borugulu" or "mora moraalu"(similar to "mur mure") in Telugu. In Gujurati it's called "Mumra" and is called 'Pori' in Tamil. The word for puffed rice in Malayalam is 'Porei'.
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