Banaras style choora (poha)matar

Name: Banaras style choora (poha)matar
Yield: 3-4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 big katori poha (flattened rice); 1/2 kg matar; 4-5 tablespoon ghee; 1/2 tsp zeera; pinch hing,; pinch little kasoori methi; few sprigs curry patta; as per taste sugar; 1/2 tsp haldi; 1/2 tsp lal mirch; pinch garam masala; 1 tsp Cinnamon powder; pinch elaichi powder; Handful kishmish; handful cashew nuts broken

anita mehrotra @anita_201168

An easiest way of making choora matar with flavours of elaichi , cinnamon powder
It is eaten in winters in banaras
It is alao made in heavy quantity of ghee

anita mehrotra @anita_201168

An easiest way of making choora matar with flavours of elaichi , cinnamon powder
It is eaten in winters in banaras
It is alao made in heavy quantity of ghee

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Ingredients

1/2 an hour

3-4 servings

1big katori poha (flattened rice)
1/2 kgmatar
4-5 tablespoonghee
1/2 tspzeera
pinch hing,
pinchlittle kasoori methi
few sprigs curry patta
as per taste sugar
1/2 tsp haldi
1/2 tsplal mirch
pinchgaram masala
1 tspCinnamon powder
pinchelaichi powder
Handfulkishmish
handfulcashew nuts broken

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Steps

1/2 an hour

1

Wash poha properly and and spread it in a full plate or parat sort of thing for 10 minutes
Sprinkle 1 tablespoon ghee, pinch of haldi, little sugar, and little bit of salt allover, and mix it lightly so that poha doesn’t get mashed up
2

In a cooker put, 4-5 tablespoon ghee 1/2 teaspoon zeera, pinch of hing, little kasoori methi, little curry patta, little sugar, 1/2 teaspoon haldi, 1/2 teaspoon lal mirch, pinch of garam masala
Add in matar, water at the level of matar or little more
Put the lid and cook for 2-3 whistles
Taste it, it should be sweeter in taste but not too much sweet
3

Now put 1-2 tablespoon ghee and pinch of Elaichi powder and mix in kishmish and kaju
Saute it for 2-3 minutes and then add in poha, mix it lightly and keep for 1-2 minutes on low flame
4

Add in cooked matar and mix it lightly
Sprinkle cinnamon powder and pinch of elaichi powder, little chaat masala and garnish it with hara dhaniya