Plain Poha

Poha or Chudwa or as it is called in Urdu is Flattened rice. There are quite a number of dishes you can make with these flattened rice. This "Flattened rice" are literall what it is. Rice which is flattened. When I was a little girl, myself and my neighbor girls would play kitchen with either this poha or "murmure", this is puffed rice. We would mix these in water and then mix some sugar in it and make balls out of it and eat it as if it were cooked rice. Those were good 'ol summer time afternoon games without waking up the slumbering adults.
          This weekend I went to one of my cousin's house and she made this breakfast recipe with Poha. I have eaten poha at a couple of more friends' places but none was as tasty as this one. It was yummy. Anyway, here is the recipe, the way my cousin made it

Plain Poha (Breakfast with flattened rice)

Plain Poha

Ingredients:

1. 2 cups poha washed under running water and set aside in a sieve to drain
2. 2 tablespoons each of oil, fresh sqeezed lemon juice
3. 1 tablespoon peanuts (with skin is also fine)
4. 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin, mustard seeds, urad dal, turmeric, salt
5. 1/4 cup sliced red onions
6. 2 green chillies split
7. 2-3 dried red chillies broken
8. Few curry leaves
9. Coriander for garnishing

In a pan heat the oil and fry the peanuts for a couple of minutes. Now fry cumin, mustard seeds and urad dal for a couple of minutes. Add red chillies and green chillies and curry leaves and fry for a couple of minutes more. Add turmeric and fry for a minute. Add onions and fry till the raw smell goes away. Add poha and salt and stir well to combine, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Add lemon juice and coriander stir to combine and serve hot