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Kodbale

₹90.00(₹0.69 per gram)

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Size 120g

Eight ingredientsReal coconutNo preservatives

CLEANClean recipe with real coconut.

Kodbale, the Karnataka ring snack, made with real dry coconut rather than a coconut flavouring — which is what gives it the particular richness the biscuit-hard rings are supposed to have. Rice flour leads for the snap, with wheat flour and rava behind it and chilli through the middle. Fried in cold-pressed sunflower oil, with no maida, no preservative, no colour and no flavour enhancer.

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Why We Like It

Crafted with certified organic ingredients and free from preservatives.
Real dry coconut in the recipe, rather than a coconut flavouring.
No palm oil, no maida, no TBHQ and no MSG — the four things that usually make a fried snack cheap.

Ingredients

Organic rice flour

Note

First by weight, giving kodbale its characteristic short, brittle snap.

Organic wheat flour

Second on the list

This snack contains gluten.

Organic roasted channa powder

Note

Roasted gram for body and a nutty base note.

Organic rava

Semolina, which is also wheat

So gluten appears twice in this list, from two separate ingredients.

Organic chilli powder

Note

The heat, from real chilli rather than a seasoning premix.

Organic dry coconut

Copra, traditional in Karnataka kodbale

It is also why the saturated fat figure runs high, since coconut fat is largely saturated.

Organic cold-pressed sunflower oil

The frying medium

Packaged namkeen usually uses palm oil or a blended vegetable oil.

Salt

Seasoning

Salt is a mineral and cannot be certified organic.

Not present

Not used

No preservative, no TBHQ, no MSG or flavour enhancer, no artificial colour and no maida.

Nutrition factsPer 100g

Energy kcal: 372 kcal
Protein g: 6.1 g
Carbohydrate g: 47 g
Total sugars g: 0.2 g
Added sugars g: 0 g
Dietary fibre g: 2.3 g
Total fat g: 31 g
Saturated fat g: 14.6 g
Trans fat g: 0 g
Cholesterol mg: 0 mg
Salt g: 1.71 g

Pure & Sure Kodbale versus other kodbales

What to compare	Purepicked	Regular kodbale
Ingredient list	Eight ingredients	Often blends and premixes
Coconut	Real dry coconut	Often flavouring or omitted entirely
Frying oil	Cold-pressed sunflower oil	Palm oil or 'edible vegetable oil'
Preservative	None	TBHQ (INS 319) common
Flavour enhancer	None	MSG (INS 621) common

Is It For You?

Good for

Tea-time and evening snacking

Karnataka and South Indian snack boxes

Travel and long journeys; the rings hold up well

Festive platters and gifting

Avoid if

Anyone with a wheat or gluten intolerance

How to use

Eat straight from the pack with chai or filter coffee

Serve on a festive platter, where the ring shape holds its own next to softer snacks

Break into pieces over a chaat if you want the coconut richness in a mix

Reseal tightly after opening; humidity softens the snap within days

What to look for in Kodbale?

Read what it is actually made of. Besan or millet should lead. Maida near the top means refined wheat flour in a different shape.

Check which oil it was fried in. Palm oil and unnamed 'edible vegetable oil' blends are the default in packaged namkeen.

TBHQ (INS 319) is the usual antioxidant in fried snacks. A pack without it has a shorter shelf life, which is the honest trade.

MSG shows up as 'flavour enhancer (INS 621)'. A properly spiced snack does not need it.