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Poha Recipe

Poha Recipe | Kanda poha recipe | How to prepare poha | Poha recipe easy | Red poha recipe

Poha is a healthy & easy breakfast recipe which can be made in 15 mins. Basically this recipe is prepared from Aval/Poha. It is a tasty & healthy breakfast with few ingredients. Here red poha is used to make it more healthy. Also red poha is a healthy substitute for white poha. Most importantly, red poha contains antioxidant "anthocyanins" which imparts a red color. Moreover it's low in calories & gluten free. Thus helps in weight loss too.
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: gluten free, Healthy, tasty
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 2
Calories: 216kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup red poha
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil organic
  • 1 tbsp peanuts
  • ½ tsp mustard
  • ½ tsp cumin
  • ½ tsp hing (asafoetida)
  • ½ tsp green chilli chopped
  • 4 to 6 curry leaves
  • ½ cup onion finely chopped
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp palm jaggery optional
  • 1 tbsp grated coconut
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped

Instructions

  • Firstly, take a bowl and add red poha with little water
  • Wash it once and drain off water
  • Again add water to the poha and rest for 2 to 4 mins. Do not over soak
  • Next drain off the excess water from poha and keep it aside
  • In the mean time, heat a pan on moderate flame and add oil
  • When the oil gets heated, add peanuts and roast for 2 mins until they turns to brown
  • Take out the roasted peanuts to a bowl and keep aside
  • Now to the same pan, add mustard, cumin, chopped green chilli, hing and curry leaves
  • Saute it for 2 mins until they splutters
  • Further add finely chopped onion and saute well until they are translucent
  • Then add drained red poha, salt and jaggery
  • Mix everything well for 2 mins and lower the heat
  • Also add roasted peanuts and grated coconut
  • Give a good mix and turn off the heat
  • Finally add lemon juice & finely chopped coriander leaves
  • Now the healthy breakfast Poha is ready to serve!
  • Enjoy this poha when it is hot
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