Thursday, October 16, 2008

My recipe for Poha

Ingredients-

1. Chura/Chivda - 2 cups
2. Chana dal - 2 tsp
3. Curry leaves - 4-5
4. Onion(small) - 1
5. Tomato- 1
6. Peanuts - 8-10
7. Green peas - 1/4cup
8. Coriander leaves - a handful
9. Ghee - 2tbsp
10. Rai - 1tbsp
11. Salt - to taste
12. Haldi - 1 tsp
13. Green chillies - 5-6
14. Gingerroot - 1 inch
15. Garlic cloves - 2
16. Boiled and chopped potato - 1

Procedure-

1. Soak chura/chivda in water for 2-3 mins.
2. Pour ghee in a frypan.
3. Put rai in it.
4. Once rai starts spluttering, put chana dal and curry leaves. Fry for a min.
5. Then put onions and saute until they change colour to light pink. Add grated ginger and garlic.
6. Fry tomato and green chillies with the onions.
7. Mix haldi in the pan.
8. Once the masala starts leaving the edge of the pan, mix peanuts,green peas and potato.
9. Then put chura and mix everything. Fry till chura gets cooked.
10. Add salt and mix.
11. Garnish with washed and chopped coriander leaves.

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