Kande pohe - popular maharashtrian breakfast recipe.

       

Kande Pohe is a popular, delicious and healthy Maharashtrian breakfast|snack. Pohe can have many variations using green peas, potato etc.

Servings: 4

preparation time : 10 minutes
cooking time : 15 minutes


Ingredients :

• Medium Poha 2 cup (before soaking)

• Onion (chopped) 1 medium

• Green chili (chopped) 7 - 8

• Cilantro/coriander leaves (chopped)1 cup 

• Curry leaves 10-12

• Sugar 2 tsp

• Salt to taste 

• Oil 3 tbsp

• Cumin seeds 1/3 tsp

• Mustard seeds 1/3 tsp

• Turmeric powder 1/3 tsp

• Red chili powder 1/2 tsp

• Peanut 1/4 cup

Method:

• Wash and rinse poha gently under running water twice. Drain all the water. Keep it aside.

• On medium flame heat a pan. Add oil. Once oil is hot, add cumin seeds, then mustard seeds. Saute it for a few seconds. 

• Now add curry leaves and green chilies. Fry it for 1/2 minute on medium flame. Add peanuts and fry for another 1/2 minute.

• Add chopped onion and fry it for 2-3 minutes or till onion becomes translucent and golden color.

• After 2-3 minutes add turmeric powder and sugar. Mix it well.

• Reduce flame to low add red chili powder,  add soaked poha mix well for a minute.

• Now add salt , cilantro mix it well. Cover the pan for 2 minutes.  Stir in between.

• After 2 minutes, open the lid and mix it again. Poha is ready. Garnish with thin sev, cilantro, a slice of lime.

Serving suggestions:

• Serve hot with yogurt, tomato ketchup, peanut coriander chutney.
• Add fine sev and farsan on it and have it with yogurt.