Afzal's Poha
Poha is a famous breakfast/snack from northern India. It is simple to make and only requires a few ingredients.
Ingredients
The quatities are for a serving of two meals for one person or just one meal if you like it as much as me :).
- 200g poha or rice flakes (Rýžové vločky)
- 1 tomato
- 1 red onion
- 50 g of frozen peas
- 20 g peanuts
- vegetable oil or butter
- 2 cloves (hřebíček)
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin (kmín)
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder (kurkuma)
- salt, according to taste
- pepper, according to taste
- chilli powder, according to taste
- 2-3 curry leaves (kari listy)
Preparation
- The most critical step is to soak the rice flackes. Put the rice flakes in a large bowl like a salad bowl and pour water until all the flackes are submerged.
- Now, pour the water out, leaving the wet flackes inside the bowl. The rice flakes should not be in water for more than 5 seconds, so pour out the water instantly.
- Mix the flakes well with a spoon to avoid any lumps in the flakes and pour out any excess water.
- Leave the flakes to soak water while you prepare other ingredients.
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- Dice the onion and tomato into fine pieces (~1 cm).
- Defrost the peas to room temperature.
- Put some oil/butter into a non-stick pan and set it to medium heat.
- After the oil is heated, add the cumin, cloves and curry leaves.
- Fry them for 1 minute.
- Add the diced onions and fry until they look a little golden.
- Add the peas and fry them until they are cooked.
- Keep stirring the onions and peas to avoid over cooking.
- Add diced tomatoes and fry them for a few minutes.
- Add salt, pepper, turmeric powder and chilli powder.
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- Now, add the soaked poha and mix everything properly.
- Keep mixing everything slowly after every 20-30 seconds to avoid over cooking and lumps.
- Turn the heat up or down at any stage if the process seems very slow.
- When the flakes look a a little crisp, the poha is ready to serve.
- Add the peanuts as a topping and enjoy!