Ingredients:
- Beaten/Flattened Rice 3 cups (thick)
- 3 green chilies finely chopped
- cumin seeds ( jeera)
- mustard seeds
- Salt as required
- Oil
- turmeric powder
- Asafoetida
- 1 Lemon
- ½ table spoon sugar
- Coriander leaves
- Curry leaves washed
- 2 tablespoons Groundnuts/peanuts
- 1 Tomato finely chopped
- Barik shev (nylon shev)
- Coconut grated
Time Required:
15 minutes.
Serving:
2 persons
Method:
- Wash the rice flakes (poha) in cold water and add
turmeric powder, salt and sugar to poha and keep it aside.
- Take a table spoon of oil in a pan and add mustard,
cumin seeds and let it crackle.
- Add pea-nuts, green chilies, tomato pieces and curry
leaves and sauté for a minute.
- Add asafetida and poha to the pan. Mix everything thoroughly.
- Keep it on low flame and cover the lid of pan. You can
add little water to lid of pan, to generate steam.
- Add coriander leaves, lemon juice and garnish with barik
shev and coconut.
- Serve hot along with hot tea.
Health Benefits:
Beaten rice contains
carbohydrates and it's low in calories. It is ideal light snack
which is easy to digest.
Bonus Tip :
You can add plain curd
or flavored yogurt to poha while soaking and this will give you different
taste. Boiled raw banana pieces also can be added to the poha and that will be
different version.
Fuel Saving Tip :
Remember you can
save up to 30% of gas/fuel if you simply switch on the gas stove only
after preparation of all required materials within reach. You will not only
avoid the idle flame but also will save wastage of 135gs of gas.
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