Potato Onion Poha

Potato-onion poha is a traditional gujarati dish - relished as an appetizer or a main meal too (yes I love it so much!). It is made from flattened rice - the thicker kind. It is very quick easy to make this poha... Go into your kitchen and give it a try!

 

Ingredients:

• 4 cup thick poha/thick flattened rice
• 2 medium potatoes - finely diced
• 2 medium onions - finely diced
• 1 medium tomato - finely diced
• ¹/₂ tsp ginger paste
• ¹/₂ tsp garlic paste
• 2 tsp serrano pepper - finely chopped
• 4 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp sesame seeds
• ¹/₄ tsp asafoetida
• 6-7 curry leaves
• 2 tbsp roasted unsalted peanuts - coarsely crushed
• ¹/₄ tsp cinnamon powder
• 2 tsp lime juice
• ¹/₄ tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp sugar (optional)
• Salt - to taste
• Garnishing
• 1 tbsp finely chopped cilantro 
• Fine sev

Method

•  Wash the poha in a colander and set it aside. The poha will puff soaking the water that it has retained in the colander while you washed it. Remember, do not soak the poha in water - this will make your end product very mushy.
• In a pan, heat the oil on medium-high heat and add mustard seeds; allow them to crackle. When the mustard seeds start crackling, add sesame seeds, curry leaves and asafoetida. Add serrano pepper, ginger paste and garlic paste and saute on medium-low heat for 30 seconds.
• Add the diced onion and potatoes and season them with salt (salt helps reduce cook time), cook covered until onion and potatoes are cooked thru (you can check by splitting a piece of onion and a potato using a saute spoon - it is done if you can feel a soft split). Sprinkle little water if needed.
• Add the poha, turmeric powder, cinnamon powder, peanuts, sugar, salt for the poha's portion; mix well. Let it cook covered for 2-3 minutes. 
• Add diced tomatoes, lime juice and cilantro; mix well one last time and cook for about a minute.
• take it off the heat

Serving suggestion:
Poha can be relished by itself or served with fine sev sprinkled on top.
Enjoy!!