Poha Recipe
In this recipe I am going to show you how to make poha at home. Poha recipe is a famous Maharashtrian breakfast. It is a very simple, easy recipe and quick recipe. It also requires very less ingredients. Poha which is also called as flattened rice or beaten rice is the main ingredient of the recipe. It is one of my favourites and it is really tasty and will provide you more than enough energy to kick start your day. You can make it taste sweet as well if you like, just add sugar instead of red chilli powder in it.
Servings: 4 People
Calories: 171kcal
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
- ¼ cup peanuts
- ½ tsp cumin seeds/jeera
- ½ tsp mustard seeds/sarson
- ½ tsp asafoetida/hing
- 2-3 chopped green chillies
- 2 small-medium diced onions
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp sugar
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Take poha (flattened rice/beaten rice) in big bowl and add water in it enough to soak the poha. Soak it until poha become soft. The poha will get soft quickly depending on the type (thick or thin) it will require 2-3 minutes.
- After soaking rince the poha couple of times and eliminate excess water.
- Now cover the bowl and let it rest for 10-15 minutes.
- After that preheat pan and add 3 tbsp oil in it.
- Then add all the peanuts in it and fry it until the they turn dark brown.
- Now add cumin seeds and mustard seeds and let it crackin.
- Then add asafoetida/hing.
- Add green chillies and onions, saute well and let it cook until onions turns translucent.
- Then add red chilli powder and turmeric powder, saute well and cook for a minute. (If you want to make sweet variety of poha then dont add red chilli powde here)
- Now add soaked poha.
- Also add salt to taste. (If you want to make sweet variety of poha then add 1 tsp sugar)
- Mix very well.
- Then cover and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Now your phone is ready to serve.
- You can garnish it with fresh coriander or dry grated coconut or even thin crispy sev. Also don't forget to have a lemon slice with it.
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Notes
Soaking the poha is kinda tricky part so don't over soak or under soak the poha. Soak the poha until it turns soft. To check it, continuously check flacks of the poha, press the poha flakes with your thumb and when it will easily break down, stop soaking. Some people like the sweet variety of poha recipe so if you want to try it then, dont add red chilli powder and add sugar when you add salt in this recipe. Don't add too much 1 tsp will be enough.