MUMMY’S POHA
A nutritious Indian breakfast or brunch with a combination of flattened rice, flavours and spicesIts given this unique name as this is my mums recipe and one of my favourite dishes. In my house it has to be made at least once in two weeks – everyone's favourite!
Ingredients
- 200 g poha (flattened rice)
- ½ cup onion (sliced)
- ½ cup tomatoes (chopped)
- ½ cup green peas (frozen or pre boiled)
- ¼ cup peanuts
- 1 ½ tsp brown mustard seeds (rai)
- 1 tsp cumin seeds (zeera)
- 8-10 curry leaves
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
- 3 tbsp oil
Seasoning-
- Salt
- ½ tsp haldi powder (turmeric)
- 2 tsp red chilli powder
Instructions
- Wash poha under running water to take any dirt off. Soak it in water for just 3-4 mins. Drain the water and leave it in the sieve while doing the prep for the masala. Flattened rice is a very delicate ingredient and need to be handled softly. Over soaking will make it soggy, so try to avoid that. Also, keeping in the sieve for a while will drain all the excess moisture in it.
- For the masala, In a wok or a kadhai (round frying pan), heat oil and fry the onions light golden brown. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves. When they start to splatter add tomatoes, green peas and peanuts. Mix it in and then add the seasonings. Fry for about 5-6 minutes or until tomatoes are softened. We don’t need to cook for long as the peas are preboiled and the peanuts don’t need to be softened. Keep stirring occasionally. Its best to do this process on medium flame to make sure the masala is not completely dry or watery either, as shown in the picture below.
- Once the masala is ready, lower the flame and add poha very gently in this masala.Switch off the flame and finally mix in lemon juice and coriander leaves. Ready to serve!
