Saturday, May 11, 2013

Poha



Ingredients

Broken rice (Poha) - 2 cups.
Onion - 1 medium diced small
potato - 1 medium - peeled and diced medium
tomato - 1/2 , only the outer hard part, take out the mushy seeds part inside, diced very small
green chillies - 2 cut small
Ginger - 1/2 inch - diced very small
chana dal - 1 tbs
mustard - 1/2 tsp
zeera  -1/2 tsp
fine sev - 1/2 cup
coriander - 1/2 cup
curry leaves
Oil, Turmeric, salt, half lemon

Heat oil , add mustard, zeera, chana dal, fry a  little and then add the onions, green chillies, ginger and curry leaves. When onions are translucent  add the potatoes, add turmeric and salt and cover and cook in medium heat till the potatoes are a little soft. Add tomatoes and fry a little, not letting it become soft.

Quickly wash the poha , sqeeze water between both palms and add to the onions and potatoes. Add a little turmeric and salt and nice mix, making sure not to making it a paste, reduce heat completely and cover and cook for 2 mins. Shut off the stove. After two minutes add the lemon juice.

While serving garnish with fresh coriander and sev. Goes well with some yogurt on the side or lime / tomato pickle.

Serve hot and enjoy!

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