Churumuri - The Name

The Name

Churumuri is Kannada for puffed rice, but it is also the name of a Mysore street snack prepared with puffed rice, grated carrot, roasted peanuts, shredded onion, lemon juice and green chilli peppers, and sold for about five rupees (less than a U.S. dime) in cones of old newspaper. The tagline swalpa sihi, swalpa spicy is Kannada for "a little sweet, a little spicy."

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