Vegetable Poha -Diet Poha Recipe
A healthy low carbohydrates breakfast made with lots of vegetables , sprouts and flattened rice.
Servings 4 People
Calories 185kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Poha / Flattened Rice , Thick or Medium variant refer notes
- 1 Onion , medium size , chopped
- ¼ cup Green peas , fresh or frozen
- ⅓ cup Carrot , chopped
- ¼ cup French beans , chopped
- ¼ cup Capsicum , chopped
- ¼ cup Potato , chopped
- ⅓ cup Cabbage , chopped
- ½ cup Moong bean sprouts
- 2 no's Green chillies, chopped
- 2 Sprig Curry leaves
- ½ teaspoon Ginger ,grated
- 1 ½ tablespoon Coconut Oil or any cooking oil , unrefined
- ½ teaspoon Mustard Seeds
- ½ teaspoon Jeera seeds /cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon Chana Dal
- 1 teaspoon Urad Dal
- 1 tablespoon Peanuts
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Hing / Asafoetida
- 1 teaspoon Rock Salt / Sendha Namak or as required
- 1 tablespoon Coriander leaves , chopped
- 1 tablespoon Lime juice
Instructions
- Rinse poha 2-3 times and set aside for 10 minutes. Let water drain completely.
- Whilst clean and wash all vegetables , chop and keep it ready .
- Heat oil in a kadai / deep pan , add mustard seeds , jeera seeds allow it splutter.
- Add peanuts , Chana dal , urad dal and fry till it turns brown.
- Throw in curry leaves , green chilies and grated ginger , saute for 30 seconds.
- Add chopped onions , turmeric powder , asafoetida and saute till onions turns translucent.
- Now add in green peas and all vegetables , add ½ teaspoon of salt and cook on medium heat until vegetables are cooked. Just make sure green peas and potatoes are well cooked , if other vegetables are cooked to 75% its fine.
- Now add in ½ cup of moong sprouts and mix well everything.
- Add poha , salt to taste and mix well everything.
- Cook for 4-5 minutes on medium heat. You can also close lid and cook , if you want. I have not used closed lid here because steam falls on cooked food and may make poha mushy.
- Turn off the stove , squeeze lime juice , add chopped coriander leaves , mix well everything and serve hot.
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Notes
- Three variants of poha are available in market , thick , medium and thin. Thick variant needs to be soaked for about 4-5 minutes , medium variant can be just washed and used. Don't use thin variant Poha here.
- You can add as much as vegetables you wish , there is no actual measurement for this. With this measurement of veggies there would be balance in taste with poha to vegetables ratio.
- As this recipe is specially for diet , I have said unrefined coconut oil for cooking. You can use any cooking oil of your choice. You can also reduce on the amount of oil to ½ - 1 Tbsp
Nutrition
Calories: 185kcal