Vegetable poha

Poha is one of those dishes which is quite common in Indian households for breakfast and evening snack. In fact, poha has multiple variations & style of preparation depending on which state you belong to. Most common and popular ones include Kanda poha from Maharashtra/ Gujarat and Indori Poha from Indore. Some variations include addition of fresh peas, other veggies or even flavours like lemon (lemon poha) or curd (dahi chuda).

Today, we bring you our favourite version of evergreen poha. It’s quite colorful and wholesome breakfast. Curated by your nutritionists, rest assured it takes care of nutrients and taste in every spoonful.

Vegetable poha


Without further ado, let’s look at preparing Vegetable Poha-

 

Serves: 4 people

Ingredients-

Rice flakes/ poha- thin variety- 1 cup

Onions- 1 big

Tomato- 1 big

Green capsicum- 1 medium

Carrot- 1 medium

Fresh green peas (can also use frozen peas)- 1/3 cup

Groundnuts- 3 tbsp

Roasted Bengal gram (aka Bhuna chana)- ½ cup

Cumin seeds- ½ tsp

Red chilli powder- 1.5 tsp

Turmeric powder- a pinch

Salt- to taste

Oil- 2 tsps

Lemon- ½, medium sized

Method-

  1. Chop the vegetables finely. Keep them aside.
  2. In a bowl, add the rice flakes and sprinkle some water (about a ladle), mix it well with your fingers and keep it aside for 5-10 min to soak the water and becomes soft.
  3. Heat oil in a kadhai and add cumin seeds once it is hot. Allow it to splutter and add finely chopped onions and saute till raw smell disappears.
  4. Add turmeric powder and mix for 30 seconds. Add the peanuts and roast them well.
  5. Then, add capsicum, tomatoes and peas; cook them for 4-5 minutes.
  6. Now, add rice flakes, chilli powder and salt. Mix them well. Cook for 3-5 minutes or more, if needed.
  7. Turn off the stove. Squeeze the lemon juice and mix it well.
  8. While serving the poha, top poha with 2 tbsp roasted/bhuna chana per serving/plate. Your tasty and healthy poha is ready! Enjoy!

If you liked this recipe, don’t forget to share with your friends and family. 😊

Poha recipe


Comment below and let us know your thoughts. If you give it a try, do let us know how it turns out. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Chandhini & Subhashini

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