A quick snack and breakfast recipe, Poha recipe. It's basically flattened rice (Poha) cooked with spices, herbs, onion and lemon. This recipe can be made in 15 mins. Perfect for sudden guests or sudden hunger pangs or even a quick nutritious breakfast. It's refreshing, light and lemony. Check out the recipe below for step-by-step picture instructions. Try out this recipe and let me know in the comments how it turned out.
INGREDIENTS:
- Oil- 2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds- 1/4 tsp
- Curry laves- 6-7 leaves
- Peanuts- a handful (more or less according to your preference)
- Onion- 2 nos (medium sized, finely chopped)
- Salt- to taste
- Poha- 2 cups
- Dry red chillies- 2 nos (broken roughly)
- Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
- Ghee- 1 tbsp
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Coriander leaves- 2 tbsp (chopped)
PROCEDURE:
- Heat oil in a kadhai, you can even use ghee instead for a rich flavour.
- Add mustard seeds and curry leaves to it and allow to splutter.
- Now add peanuts to it and keep stirring. Fry them for a minute until it turns slightly golden.
- Now add chopped onions to it along with some salt and turmeric powder. Cook it for 2-3 mins. We won't cook the onions until soft, we'll let it be crispy as poha tastes great with crispy onions.
- Take poha in a bowl, wash it up and immediately and add it to the cooking onions. This brief soaking period will make poha soft and yummy.
- Now mix the poha gently and let it simmer for 2-3 mins.
- Now add ghee, lemon juice, coriander leaves to it and mix well.
- Tasty and quick poha is ready, serve hot right away.
