Indori Poha - Madhya Pradesh

In our Indian food Odyssey we are in Madhya Pradesh today,a Central province state situated in Central India.
This state has a nick name'Heart of India'due to its geographical location in India and its the second largest state in the country by area.
Both vegetarian and non-vegetarian recipes are popular and street foods are very common.
Poha with jalebi is a breakfast dish  and its a popular street food combo too.
The poha is a healthy dish made along with veggies and can be topped with sev, fresh pomegranate seeds,onion and peanuts.
I adapted the recipe from here and here,as I don't have pomegranate I used the thin sev and peanuts for the topping and we had it as an evening snack. Lets.Lets move on to the recipe..................................

Basic Information

Preparation time ~ 10 minutes
Cooking time ~ 10 minutes
Serves ~2 (generously)

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Flattened rice/poha/aval(thick)	2 cups
Potato (diced)	1
Onion(finely chopped)	1 (medium size)
Green chilly/pachamilagai	3 (finely chopped)
Coconut(grated)	2 tsp
Peanuts/ver kadalai	2 tbs
Cashews/mundiri	2 tbs
Mustard seeds/kadugu	1 tsp
Fennel seeds/sombu	1 tsp
Salt	1-11/4 tsp
Coriander leaves	1 tbs(chopped)
Oil	1 tbs
Sugar	1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder/manjal podi	1/4 tsp
Lemon juice	1 tsp

For Garnishing

Ingredient	Quantity
Coconut(grated)	1 tsp
Sev	as needed
Raisins	as needed

Method

• Soak the flattened rice/poha in water for couple of minute and drain the water and keep it aside.

• Heat pan with oil and do the tempering with mustard seeds,add in the chopped green chilly,fennel seeds and peanuts,cashews.

• Saute the onion till transparent and add in the diced potato and mix it well.

• Sprinkle a tbs of water and cook it covered till the potato cooked till soft.

• Add in the salt and turmeric powder.

• Now add the soaked and drained poha and mix it well,cook it covered in a medium flame for 2-3 minutes.

• Add the grated coconut,lemon juice and give it a mix.

• Garnish it with sev,coriander leaves and peanuts.

Enjoy...........................................................

• Garnishing is personal preference,you can use pom seeds,sev,finely chopped onion and coriander leaves.
• Do not soak the poha for a long time otherwise it may turn mushy.

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