About this dish
Flattened rice softened and tossed with onion, potato, mustard seeds, turmeric, peanuts and lemon.
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Ingredients
🍚2 cups thick poha (flattened rice)
🧅1 onion, chopped
🥔1 small potato, diced (optional)
🥜3 tbsp peanuts
🟤1 tsp mustard seeds and 1/2 tsp turmeric
🌿Curry leaves, green chillies and coriander
🍋Lemon juice and a pinch of sugar
Method
Serves 41
Rinse the poha in a sieve, drain and season with salt, sugar and turmeric.2
Fry the peanuts in oil until crisp, then add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and chillies.3
Add the onion and potato and cook until soft.4
Add the poha, mix gently and steam covered for 2 minutes.5
Finish with lemon juice and coriander (and sev if you like).✓ What Makes it Authentic
Kanda poha is the classic breakfast of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh; Indore's version is topped with sev and jeeravan masala.
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