Poha - with an experimental secret
Poha - with an experimental secret

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, poha - with an experimental secret. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Poha - with an experimental secret is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Poha - with an experimental secret is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have poha - with an experimental secret using 22 ingredients and 25 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Poha - with an experimental secret:
  1. Get Prepping the poha
  2. Take 2 cups thick poha (flattened rice)
  3. Take 1/2 tsp haldi (turmeric powder)
  4. Take Main dish
  5. Get 2 tbsp oil
  6. Prepare 1 tsp hing
  7. Prepare 1 tbsp rai (mustard seeds)
  8. Prepare 1 tbsp cumin seeds
  9. Prepare 2 chillies minced (+/- 1 for spice tolerance)
  10. Make ready 1/2 ginger, minced (can be replaced)
  11. Prepare 1 clove garlic, minced (can be replaced)
  12. Make ready 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste (replacement of the above 2 ingredients)
  13. Take 1/2 cup raw peeled peanuts
  14. Make ready 6-8 curry leaves
  15. Prepare 3/4 cup diced onions
  16. Take 1/2 tbsp haldi (if you like the taste of turmeric up this qty to 1 tbsp)
  17. Get 3/4 cup potato peeled and diced
  18. Take 1 tbsp shredded/desiccated coconut
  19. Prepare 1/2 cup cilantro (coriander) chopped
  20. Prepare 1/2 lemon
  21. Prepare 1 tbsp sugar
  22. Prepare Salt to taste
Instructions to make Poha - with an experimental secret:
  1. Take 2 cups poha in a plate and spread them to the sides, leaving the center of the plate with a doughnut like structure
  2. Pour water into the plate in the center so that we are not pouring water directly over the poha (the entire poha must be submerged in water)
  3. Lightly swirl around with your hand to wash off the powder like layer off the poha
  4. Keep it submerged for 2 minutes and then transfer them to a strainer
  5. Whilst in the strainer add 1/2 tsp haldi and lightly mix the poha; set this aside (for about 10-15 minutes)
  6. Start cutting the veggies after you have set this aside to save time
  7. Heat oil in a wok / kadhai at almost full heat
  8. Add hing followed by rai (mustard seeds)
  9. Once the mustard seeds start to crackle reduce the heat to half and add cumin seeds
  10. Wait 10 seconds and add the minced chillies
  11. Fry for about 20-30 seconds
  12. Add the ginger and then garlic with about a 15 second delay, if you are using the paste add it together at this point
  13. Fry till the raw aroma of ginger and garlic disappears
  14. Next, add the peanuts and fry them until they become light red; please be careful because it is very easy to burn the peanuts, approximately 1-2 minutes should do them just right
  15. Next add the curry leaves and fry for about 20 seconds
  16. Add the onions and fry until they turn pink
  17. Add the potatoes and salt, and fry for about 2 minutes
  18. Add turmeric powder and then cover and cook until potatoes are tender (keep stirring once in a minute at the least to ensure nothing sticks at the bottom)
  19. When potatoes are tender reduce heat to the lowest setting as add the prepped poha
  20. Once you add the poha be very careful as to not to press the dish from top down, else you will end up having rice cakes like texture.
  21. Toss the dish from bottom up using a spoon or a spatula, very lightly until the spice mix we made blends in
  22. Next add the shredded/desiccated coconut and continue mixing in same style for about 1 minute
  23. Squeeze half a lemon and mix 4-5 times more
  24. Turn off the heat and add sugar and chopped cilantro and mix for another 2 minutes
  25. Cover for 1 minute before you serve

So that’s going to wrap this up with this exceptional food poha - with an experimental secret recipe. Thank you very much for your time. I’m sure you will make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food in home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to bookmark this page on your browser, and share it to your family, friends and colleague. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!