India · Central & South Asia

Poha

पोहा

Poha (placeholder image)
Flattened rice with onion, turmeric, peanuts and lemon, a Maharashtrian and Indori breakfast.
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Poha

20 minTotal
2Servings
1/5Effort
2/5Wow factor

Ingredients

  • 150 g thick poha
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 30 g peanuts
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 10 curry leaves
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1 green chile
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • lemon, cilantro, sev

Instructions

  1. Rinse poha in a colander and let it soften 5 min.
  2. Fry peanuts, then mustard seeds, curry leaves and chile.
  3. Add onion and cook until soft
  4. add turmeric.
  5. Add poha, salt and sugar
  6. toss and steam covered 2 min.
  7. Finish with lemon, cilantro and sev.