Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, aloo poha - turmeric flavoured flattened rice with potato. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This poha is better known asbatata poha,where batata means "potato" and poha means "flattened rice". Thus, this Aloo Poha is a dish made from flattened rice which is fried with potatoes, turmeric, onions, mustard seeds and some more ingredients. So naturally, this dish has a South Indian touch flavored with… curry leaves, mustard seeds, and dry red chillies. In my Mom's home, this dish was generally made Saturday or Sunday for brunch.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook aloo poha - turmeric flavoured flattened rice with potato using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Aloo Poha - Turmeric flavoured Flattened Rice with Potato:
- Take 2 cups Flattened Rice (Poha)
- Make ready 1 large Charlotte Potato (small diced)
- Make ready 2 Shallots or 1 medium Onion (small diced)
- Take 1/4 green chilli (finely chopped)
- Make ready 1 thumb size piece of ginger (finely chopped)
- Make ready 1 tablespoon Cooking Oil
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon black mustard seeds
- Take 2-3 Curry leaves (optional)
- Get 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- Take 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice
- Take to taste Salt
- Get Pomegranate seeds to garnish
- Take Finely chopped coriander leaves to garnish
Aloo Matar Poha/ Potato Green Peas Flattened Rice Traditionally poha is a staple breakfast food in Maharashtra. But this is not restricted to any particular region and one favorite breakfast recipe in all parts of the country by now. This is easy to make and filling at the same time. The main ingreadient is "Chiwda" or "Chooda" (flattened rice).
Instructions to make Aloo Poha - Turmeric flavoured Flattened Rice with Potato:
- In a saucepan, heat the oil. Once the oil is to temperature, add the mustard seeds, curry leaves, finely chopped ginger and green chilli, diced Charlotte potato and onions. Stir to mix and add turmeric powder. Cover the saucepan and cook until the potatoes are cooked.
- In a colander, wash the flattened rice (poha) under running water until all the flattened rice is damp (but not soaking wet). Drain the water by gently shaking the colander.
- Once the potatoes are cooked, gently toss the flattened rice with cooked potatoes and onions.
- Season with salt, add sugar and lemon juice, gently mix and cook for 5 minutes on low heat. [avoid over mixing as this breaks the flattened rice]
- Take off the heat, transfer in a bowl, garnish with pomegranate seeds and chopped coriander. Serve warm.
You can add some more veggies to make it even more healthier. Heres the Step by Step recipe on how to make Aloo Poha. This is also known as Batata Poha in Western India. See great recipes for Aloo Poha - Turmeric flavoured Flattened Rice with Potato too! Aloo Poha or Kanda Batata Poha is a delicious, simple and mildly spicy breakfast made from Poha (flattened rice flakes) along with Onion (Kanda) and Potato (Batata).
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