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Poha
Also known as पोहा · pohe · kanda poha · flattened rice breakfast
Flattened rice steamed with mustard seed, turmeric and onion. Light and soft rather than fluffy, finished sour with lemon.
Typical serving
270 kcal
usually 210–340 kcal
 Protein | 6 g |
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 Carbs | 46 g |
 Fat | 7 g |
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Ingredients
Serves 2 · dimmer marks are storecupboard
- 120gflattened rice (poha)
- 1onion
- 30gpeanuts
- 2 tspoil
- 1 tspmustard seeds and turmeric
- 10curry leaves
- ½lemon
Method
5 steps
soak · 5m walk awayRinse the poha in a sieve until just damp, then leave it. It needs no more water than that — soaked properly it turns to paste.
chop · 3mDice the onion small.
fry · 7mPeanuts in the oil until they colour, out; then mustard seeds until they pop, curry leaves, onion and turmeric.
fold · 2mPoha through gently with a fork. Stirring hard breaks it.
finish · 1mPeanuts back on, lemon over, coriander if you have it.
Worth knowing
Poha is rice that has been parboiled and rolled flat, so it needs only rinsing rather than boiling — which is why it is a ten-minute breakfast.
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