POHA RECIPE

This is one of the common and easy breakfast coming from South Indian cuisine. Prepared with flattened rice (easily available in supermarket), it makes a perfect pick for a healthy breakfast. Just collect the ingredients mentioned below and try out this.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Servings: 2

Ingredients:

•  2 cups flattened rice (poha)
•  1 medium-size onion (finely chopped)
•  1/4 cup of raw or roasted peanuts
•  1 large boiled potato (sliced into small cubes)
•  2 tbs cooking oil
•  1 tsp mustard seeds
•  4-5 fresh curry leaves
•  2 green chillies (slit lengthwise)
•  Pinch of turmeric powder
•  Salt to taste
•  Pinch of sugar (optional)
•  1/2 lime juice
•  Chopped coriander to garnish (optional)

Preparation Instructions:

• Put flattened rice (poha) into a big sieve and rinse them under running water for 2 minutes. Drain them completely and keep aside.
• Heat cooking oil in a wide pan and add mustard seeds and curry leaves. Make sure that the curry leaves don’t turn brown.
• Add finely chopped onion and green chillies and saute them till onion turns transparent. Add boiled cubes of potatoes and mix them well.
• Next, add peanuts. If you are using raw peanuts, you need to roast them for a while. You can use roasted peanuts for saving time.
• Now, add the washed poha, turmeric powder, salt to taste and sugar (only if you prefer). Mix all ingredients well and cook for few minutes for a beautiful yellow colour of turmeric.
• Turn off the stove and lime juice and chopped coriander leaves and mix them well.
• Serve hot with mint-coriander chutney and cardamom tea. Delicious Indian style breakfast.

Tips:

• You can mix turmeric to wet poha for uniform colouring, before keeping it aside.