Steamed Poha

Steamed Poha/ भाप के पोहे

Ingredients:

• 2 cups poha/ chewda/ pohe (thick is better for poha making)
• 2 tsp Oil
• 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
• A pinch of Hing
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds
• 10-12 Curry  leaves
• 1 green chilly finely chopped
• 1 tsp fennel seeds/ सौंफ
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1.2 tsp red chilly powder
• 2 finely chopped green chilies
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 1 potato in small pieces, you can use boiled, parboiled, or raw any potato as per your wish.
• Salt to taste
• Sugar (optional) for balancing spice taste.
• Finely chopped Coriander leaves

Method

• First to begin with wash pohe with water and soak the pohe into a strainer.
• Soaking is done only for thick poha, soaking here is in strainer not keeping additional water in it.
• Cover and keep the pohe aside for about 15 minutes.
• Add turmeric powder, salt, sugar directly on poha only mix everything.
• Now in big utensil/ boiler take some water and bring it to boil.
• Heat up oil in a pan/ kadhai/ wok.
• Add mustard seeds let it stay till they crackle/pop, then add cumin seeds and let them splutter too and fennel seeds to it along with hing.
• Add green chilies, curry leaves and mix well.
• Fry for about 1 minute on medium heat.
• Now when the water begins to boil in a boiler, put the kadhai on it.
• Add chopped onion to it cover and steam medium heat.
• Now add boiled/ unboiled potatoes cut into pieces to it and let it stay on medium heat for 7- 8 minutes and stir it in between.
• The steamed poha is ready to serve.
• Add coriander leaves and mix everything well together.
• Steamed poha is ready to move in plates.
• One can serve it with bhujia sev for enhanced taste.

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