KANDA POHA

This is very popular tea time snack or breakfast recipe from Maharashtra. Maharashtrians would feel lost without poha! Beaten rice flakes tossed with the traditional tempering of mustard seeds, chillies and curry leaves. A quick easy tea time snack ready in just few minutes. Other variations of making poha include batata poha, dadpe pohe and many more. At my place, mostly on every Sunday, I used to make poha as my hubby and elder daughter love poha. 

INGREDIENTS:

 2 Cups Poha / Flattened Rice

2 tablespoon Oil

1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds

1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds

A pinch of Asafoetida

2-3 Finely Sliced Onions

8-9 Curry Leaves

4-5 Chopped Green Chillies [as per liking]

½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder

Salt to taste

1 teaspoon Sugar [optional]

1 tablespoon Roasted Peanuts

Chopped Coriander

Desiccated Coconut, Nylon Sev for Garnishing

1 Lemon Juice

METHOD:

Preparation:

STEP 1 – First take a strainer, add poha and wash under running water and keep them aside for 5-10 minutes and let drain the excess water. Be careful, don’t over wash, it makes the poha soggy.

For Making :

STEP 1 – Heat a wide pan with oil and let crackle cumin-mustard seeds. Add peanuts and roast for few seconds.

STEP 2 – Now add chopped onions, chillies and curry leaves in it and sauté well for about 1-2 minute or until the rawness vanish. Lastly, add a pinch of asafoetida.

STEP 3 – Add turmeric powder and salt and mix well.

STEP 4 – Then add washed poha and mix them well with the onions.

STEP 5 – Cook covered for next 2-3 minutes. Just check the salt and adjust if less.

STEP 6 – Then add sugar to it and mix. Finally, add lemon juice to it and give a stir and mix it and garnish with chopped coriander, switch off the flame and serve.

Serve hot kanda poha garnished with a teaspoon full of desiccated coconut. 

NOTE: *Adding sugar is totally optional.

             *Don’t over wash the poha.

             *You can serve it with mango pickle for a tangy flavour.

          *I mixed the salt and turmeric powder in the poha after washing them in the strainer only.      
            * It  is not necessary to add like this, you can add it in tempering/ in the poha.