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.

• 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.

• 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!