Ingredients :
Poha (flattened rice) - 2 bowl
Chopped onion - ¾ bowl
Diced potato - ½ bowl
Tomato - ½ bowl
Peas - ¼ bowl
Corns - ¼ bowl
Ginger paste - ½ tsp
Chopped green chilli - 1 tsp
Lemon juice/ dry mango powder - 1 tsp
Peanut/ groundnut or moongfali - ½ bowl
Crushed or powdered black pepper - ½ tsp
Cumin powder - ½ tsp
Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
Curry leaves - 12-15
Chopped coriander leaves - ¼ small bowl
Asafoetida - ½ tsp
Turmeric powder - ½ tsp
Salt - to taste
Oil or ghee (clarified butter) - 2 spoon
Sesame seeds - ½ tsp
Pomegranate - ¼ bowl
Cashew nuts - ¼ cup
Chopped or coconut flakes - ¼ small bowl
Almond flakes (optional) - 3 tsp
Kishmish or raisins (optional)- 3 tsp
Preparation :
1. Wash and soak the poha (flattened rice) with water for 15-20 minutes.
2. Roast all dry fruits on a low flame, you could ignore kishmish or raisins. Don't roast sesame seeds as it taste better as raw, you could, if you want roasted sesame seeds.
3. Put 2 spoon oil or ghee (clarified butter) in a wok, add mustard seeds, curry leaves, sorte or cook it to crackle. Add ginger paste, chopped green chilli, cook well till light brown.
4. Add onion, asafoetida. Roast or cook it to light brown. Add peanuts or moongfali, peas corns & potato, cook till light brown & soft on a low flame.
5. Add cumin powder, black pepper powder, turmeric powder, dry mango powder or amchur powder & salt. Roast or cook well for 2 minutes.
6. Put tomato, cook till soft, light brown and pulpy. Put soaked flattened rice or poha. Mix well. You could add sugar if you like the sweet flavour. Cook the poha or flattened rice on a low flame for 5-10 minutes. Put the lemon juice after lightly cool down the prepared flattened rice/ poha.
Note : To remain the poha or flattened rice soft. Do not over cook it.
* Enjoy and garnish all time favourite, healthy, nutritious, delicious, tempting and tasty poha or flattened rice in breakfast or as evening snack or anytime with pomegranate seeds, onion, sev, namkeen or bhujia, coriander leaves, sesame seeds & chopped coconut or flakes on it!!