Indori Poha

Name: Indori Poha
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4-5 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3 cups thick poha; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp sugar; 1/2 tsp haldi; 1 big sized lemon; 1/2 tsp Jiravan Indori Masala (hero ingredient); 3 tsp oil; 1 tsp rai; 1 tsp jira; 1 tsp dhania seeds; 1 tsp variyali(hero ingredient); 2 bay leaves; 1/4 tsp hing; 3-4 fresh chillies; 10-12 curry leaves; 3-4 tbsp fried peanuts; 2 tbsp pomegranate pearls; 2 tbsp fresh coconut (optional); 2 tbsp coriander; 3-4 tbsp Ratlami sev(hero ingredient); 1/2 tsp Jiravan Masala

Bina Anjaria @bina_anjaria_123

#CA2025
#Breakfast Express
#Quick recipe
#Limited oil recipe

This is a popular Indore 56 Dukaan street food.
Here soaked poha and tempering are mixed first and then cooked by the steaming process.
Being Navratri, I have avoided onions in the topping.

#CA2025
#Breakfast Express
#Quick recipe
#Limited oil recipe

This is a popular Indore 56 Dukaan street food.
Here soaked poha and tempering are mixed first and then cooked by the steaming process.
Being Navratri, I have avoided onions in the topping.

Bina Anjaria @bina_anjaria_123

#CA2025
#Breakfast Express
#Quick recipe
#Limited oil recipe

This is a popular Indore 56 Dukaan street food.
Here soaked poha and tempering are mixed first and then cooked by the steaming process.
Being Navratri, I have avoided onions in the topping.

#CA2025
#Breakfast Express
#Quick recipe
#Limited oil recipe

This is a popular Indore 56 Dukaan street food.
Here soaked poha and tempering are mixed first and then cooked by the steaming process.
Being Navratri, I have avoided onions in the topping.

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Ingredients

20 minutes+ preparation time

4-5 servings

For Poha:
3 cupsthick poha
1 tspsalt
1 tspsugar
1/2 tsphaldi
1big sized lemon
1/2 tspJiravan Indori Masala (hero ingredient)
For Tempering:
3 tspoil
1 tsprai
1 tspjira
1 tspdhania seeds
1 tspvariyali(hero ingredient)
2bay leaves
1/4 tsphing
3-4fresh chillies
10-12curry leaves
For Garnish:
3-4 tbspfried peanuts
2 tbsppomegranate pearls
2 tbspfresh coconut (optional)
2 tbspcoriander
3-4 tbspRatlami sev(hero ingredient)
1/2 tspJiravan Masala

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Steps

20 minutes+ preparation time

1

Clean, wash and soak the poha for 20 minutes, keeping covered. (Sprinkle water as required)Mix gently to separate them.
2

Meanwhile, ready other ingredients.
3

Take soaked poha in a big plate and mix in salt, sugar, haldi and lemon juice.
4

Mix well. Do the tempering in oil with rai, jira, dhania, bay leaves, chillies,hing and curry leaves. Mix this tempering into the poha.
5

Transfer the tempered poha into a holed vessel.Boil water for steaming.
6

Steam rhe readied poha with lid covered for 5 minutes. (This way minimum oil is required for making the poha.) Before tempering, fry groundnuts and mix salt and Jiravan masala into the peanuts for garnish.
7

Mix the steaming poha in between to cook uniformly. After 5 minutes open and ready the serving plate/bowl. Garnish with masala groundnuts, coconut.
8

Garnish with coriander, pomegranate pearls, Ratlami Sev and Jiravan masala. (Can top with onions also)
9

Serve tasty Indori Poha with hot tea. Happy Cooking😊!!

Tips

Do not add excessive water to soak the poha. Wash with drinking water and sprinkle water as required to avoid sogginess. JIRAVAN MASALA can be prepared at home with dry roasted dhania, jira, cinnamon, cloves, pepper, fennel seeds, bay leaf. Cool and crush. And mix grated nutmeg, dry ginger powder, amchur, black salt, salt, powdered sugar, haldi, Kashmiri chilli powder and hing. This masala gives a spicy and tangy kick to the recipes.

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