Kaandha Poha (Maharashtrian Potato-Onion Beaten Rice)

Submitted by Anu_N

"Kaandha Poha is a traditional Indian (Maharashtrian) snack or vegetarian main dish that has several variations. In some orthodox families, this is a breakfast speciality! Poha = beaten rice"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 1 cup beaten rice (poha)
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1⁄2 teaspoon Urad Dal (split black gram)
• 1⁄8 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 green chili pepper, slit lengthwise
• 1⁄2 medium onion, thinly sliced
• 1 small potato, peeled,diced
• salt
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1⁄2 lemon, juice of
• 1 teaspoon chopped coriander leaves

directions

1. Soak poha in enough water to cover (NOT the 2 tablespoons of water) for 5 minutes.
2. Drain and squeeze out excess water, working in batches of handfuls.
3. Heat oil in a skillet and add the mustard seeds, Urad dal, turmeric, and slit green chili.
4. When the mustard seeds start to sputter, add the onion and potato and saute for 5 minutes.
5. Add salt and 2 tablespoons of water, and cover.
6. After 5 minutes, uncover, add the poha and saute for another 5 minutes.
7. Remove from flame add the lime juice and garnish with chopped coriander.
8. Serve hot.

Reviews

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

Anu, I'm sorry I didnt like the way this turned out. I made it exactly as per the instructions. It was more like a khichdi than poha. I suggest you make the following changes and try it. Use 1 1/2 tbsps. oil, 1/2 tsp. red chilli powder, 1/4 tsp. turmeric powder(1/8th tsp was too little), 1 stalk of curry leaves, 1 more green chilli,slit lengthwise, Juice of 1 full lemon, 2 onions and 1/2 tsp. cumin seeds. The rest stick to the ingredients in your recipe. I did not like the idea of split black gram in this, so, I'll omit that next time when I try this again. Follow it along the lines of my Tomato Poha recipe and let me know how it turns out.