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.
