Recipies: Breakfast

Poha

Time :11-15 min

Level of difficulty: Easy

Serving Size: 4

Calories: 398kcal

Healthy snack for breakfast – poha cooked with simple masalas and bean sprouts. Learn this recipe step by step. Also, poha with onions, potatoes and seasonings like chillies, lemon and curry leaves make up a tasty and easy meal, especially when you dont feel like cooking..

How many times have we thought rice is a blessing? We use it for holy purposes but we also can pressure up a quick pulao or khichdi when hunger pangs are drumming away! This is one grain that is about 98% percent digestible.

In India we are familiar with Basmati, Patna or brown rice but it is also available as Italian Rice and Glutinous Rice which is popular in Chinese and Japanese cuisines.

poha

INGREDIENTS

  • Pressed rice (poha) 3 cups
  • Bean sprouts ¾ cup
  • Oil 2 tablespoons
  • Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon
  • Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
  • Asafoetida ¼ teaspoon
  • Curry leaves 3-4
  • Green chillies slit 2
  • Onion finely chopped 1 medium
  • Salt to taste
  • Turmeric powder ½ teaspoon
  • Pomegranate pearls ½ cup
  • Fresh coriander chopped 2 tablespoons

PREPARATION

    Step 1

  1. Put the pressed rice in a sieve and place it over a bowl. Pour sufficient water over it so that the pressed rice is well dampened.

    2. Step 2

  2. Heat oil in a non-stick pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves and green chillies and sauté for a minute.

    3. Step 3

  3. Add onion and a little salt and mix well, cover and cook till the onion turns golden brown.

    4. Step 4

  4. Add turmeric powder and a little water and mix well. Add the pressed rice and a little salt and mix well.

    5. Step 5

  5. Add bean sprouts and quarter cup water and mix well.Cover and cook for five to seven minutes.

    6. Step 6

  6. Add one tablespoon coriander leaves and mix well.

    7. Step 7

  7. Serve hot, garnished with pomegranate pearls and remaining coriander leaves.

    Serving Suggestions And Storage

  1. Serve this easy peasy Breakfast recipe along with a hot cup of Adrak Wali Chai or Coffee. Often people even add grated fresh coconut, pomegranate seeds, and various types of Sev as garnishing on it.
  2. If you have leftovers, you can store it in the fridge for about 2 days in an airtight container, but the texture will not remain the same as the freshly made Poha.As if kept for long, they tend to become hard.
  3. While heating, you can sprinkle a little water and heat, it helps to make the Poha soft. You can use the leftover Poha and makes other recipes too such as Cutlets, Paratha, or even Pakoras.