Poha | Avalakki | Flattened Rice Flakes | Vegan
Nothing is as heartening as having a wholesome breakfast of Poha – liberally sprinkled with peanuts and sev ( sev is a deep-fried, spiced – thin strands made from gram flour)
Mumbai is place full of enterprising small scale entrepreneurs. Every morning hoards of working professionals rely on these simple souls to provide cheap and wholesome breakfast. The common roadside morning menus available at every nook and corners are sheera, upma and poha
Poha is beaten rice flakes which is eaten by numerous families across Indian sub-continent. Every region has its own way of preparation. You will find South Indian style Poha made with coconut, Gujarati style – sweet as they tend to add sugar in their preparation and an Maharashtrian style Poha made with fried potato and sprinkled with peanuts and sev.
For me personally – I prefer the Maharashtrian style with a bit of lemon squeezed in.
Poha or rice flakes has the ability to ingest loads of water when it is doused and when cooked it leaves your stomach feeling full. As it is made from rice – its chiefly starchy and releases sugars slowly. Its low in fat, contains sodium, it forestalls cholesterol and helps in controlling BP.
I hate spending loads of time in my kitchen in the mornings, I repeat in the mornings J only. Breakfast should be quick to make, and healthy too. This preparations does not take more take 20 mins flat from raw material to serving on the table. Goes well with tea, coffee or whatever your morning jumpstart drink is.
Enjoy the experience!!… Surely will bring a smile on your face…
So, lets learn make a breakfast of Poha/Rice Flakes:
Poha/Rice Flakes:
Nutritional Value: 630 Calories / Serving Fat 249 cal, Carbs 343 cal, Protein 38 cal
Ingredients
- Poha/Flattened Rice Flakes: 2 ½ cups
- Onions: 1 nos diced finely
- Groundnuts: ¼ cup Fried and kept aside
- Green Chillies: 2 nos Varies upon spice level
- Fresh Coriander: A handful Cleaned and Chopped
- Salt as required
For Tempering:
- Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
- Jeera: 1 tsp
- Urad dal: ½ tsp
- Channa Dal: ½ tsp
- Curry Leaves: 1 sprig
- Oil for frying
Instructions
Method:
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Take a colander with small pores and put the flattened rice flakes/poha into and run water through it and make sure that all the flakes have been wet at this stage put salt as required and adjust it, Leave it aside. Poha/flattened rice flakes tend to absorb water and become fluffy.
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Now take a deep Kadai and bring oil to heat in that put all the items mentioned in “For Tempering Table”, let them fry for a second.
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Now add onion and let it fry till it is translucent, add turmeric and fry for some time, now add poha/rice flakes, which has been soaked in water and kept aside.
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Toss the whole mixture so that all the ingredients are properly mixed together. Now add the fried groundnuts and mix again.
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Serve the poha/rice flakes with some lemon juice squeezed on the top.
Nice. Mouthwatering
Wow, this looks incredible. I’m definitely bookmarking this recipe!
Thanks do try the recipe and let us know.
I’ve never tried Poha before, but it looks delicious. Thanks for the recipe I will try it!
Thanks, do try and let me know whats ur feedback.
Sure do try and let me know how was the outcome ! will be eager to know !
We eat a lot of rice in this house so I am all for finding different kinds as we always seem to stick to the same blend and it would be nice to try something different.
I had never heard of rice flakes. Seems they come in thick and thin. Who knew!? Will have to get some and give this recipe a try.
yeah ur right it comes in two forms one is thin and other is thick both used for different purposes, for making poha please use the thicker version. Do let me know how was the outcome as you use.
This looks quite interesting. I’d have to add some fish or something though, since I’m pescitarian.
I really love this recipe! This is sure to leave us with full bellies!
yeah with out doubt
I need to make this sometime! There are a lot of meals this can go with!
We can make many dishes out this !
wow, this looks so incredible and delicious. thank you for sharing the recipe. i will try this at home
My breakfasts are often too full of sugar. I love the idea of something more hearty and savory. This sounds like a fantastic meal.
I’ve never tried Poha before, but it looks very good! Thank you for sharing the recipe, I look forward to trying this, We are always looking for new foods to try.
It doesn’t look so tempting but I guess it tastes good, plus it is really a healthy dish. I would love to try this, but the problem is I dunno where to find some of the ingredients.
I have never heard of this before but I think I would be willing to keep an open mind and try some new foods
This looks like it is such an amazing meal. I would love to give this a try.
Haven’t tried Poha before. Looks great.
Should try once its very healthy and tasty too. !