Breakfast Recipe: Poha

Chef Deepa Suhas Awchat, CEO, Goa Portuguesa & Diva Maharashtracha gives her recipe of traditional Maharashtrian Poha

Ingredients:

2 cups beaten rice (Fou)                          

I medium finely chopped onion             

2 green chillies, slit            

1 medium boiled & peeled  potato                 

¼ cup boiled green peas                                 

4 tsp grated coconut                           

¼ tsp Sugar                                     

Salt to taste   

1 tsp turmeric powder         

¼ tsp red chilli powder

1 tsp mustard seed

6 curry leaves                                   

1 tbsp coriander leaves                      

2 tbsp refined oil   

                                    

Method:

Wash beaten rice and squeeze out the excess water. Apply sugar & salt to it & keep aside for 5 min. Cut potato into ½ inch cubes and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds & curry leaves. When seeds splutter add finely chopped onion & green chilies. Add red chilli powder and turmeric. Saute onion till it changes colour.

Add potato pieces & green peas to it & sauté well for 2 min.

Add beaten rice to it & toss till it mixes well.

Add grated coconut and garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.

 Serve hot.