SOFT POHA UPMA

POHA OR FLATTENED RICE OR BEATEN RICE ARE ONE AND THE SAME AND IS USED IN MANY FORMS IN INDIAN BREAKFAST DISHES

POHA or POHA UPMA IS ALSO THE NAME OF THE DISH.

This is made after washing and soaking the dry Poha in water and strained to remove extra water

Now this is mixed with onion, chilies, and a few spices and herbs paste. Then finally garnished.

Poha or beaten rice is one of the bi-product of RICE.

It makes a very good and tasty breakfast.

Varieties of Poha.

1)Thin or paper variety. (normally used for CHIWDA)

2)Thick or medium variety. (normally used for making breakfast Poha dish)

3)Very thick and hard variety (used for Bisi Bele Bhath or Gojju Avalakki which are south Indian dishes)

In northern parts of India. especially in MADHYA PRADESH AND ALSO IN MAHARASHTRA, POHA IS a VERY FAMOUS AS MORNING BREAKFAST -known as INDORI POHA AND KANDA POHA.

In southern parts of India, you get poha in different forms; as a whole or in a broken form it is made.

Let us know some of POHAS’ Nutritional facts.

Poha is a good pro-biotic food because the Poha is made by par-boiling paddy, dried in the sun, and then beaten flat.
Good source of carbohydrates and we can enhance its taste by adding vegetables and proteins
It has a good amount of Iron
It controls Blood Sugar levels, and because of its Fiber content, it promotes a slow and steady release of Sugar in the Blood Stream.
It is low in calories and so gets digested easily

let us see the ingredients needed to make POHA UPMA

Table of Contents

Thick variety Beaten rice-1 cup
Peanuts-1/4 cup
Freshly grated coconut-1/2 cup
Fresh coriander leaves-1 a small bunch
Green chilies-2-3 in number
Curry leaves-8-10
Cumin seeds-3-4 teaspoon
Lime-1 big (juice)
Water-1 cup
Oil-1.5 tablespoon
Mustard seeds-3/4 teaspoon
Turmeric powder-3/4 teaspoon
Asafoetida- 1 peanut size
Chana dal-1 teaspoon
Urad dal-1 teaspoon
Salt-1 level teaspoon

PREPARATIONS NEEDED for poha upma

Take a thick variety of Poha and clean it.
Take a small grinder jar and dry grind it into a coarse powder. (like Rawa)

Wash it 2 times quickly with water.

Drain as much water as you can.

Keep it aside to swell.
Chop 1 green chilly, Curry leaves (5-6), and coriander leaves.
Grate about 1/2 a cup of fresh coconut.
In a small mixer jar, put Fresh Coconut, Cumin seeds, a little (1/4 teaspoon)of Mustard, 2 Green chilies, Coriander leaves, Salt, Turmeric powder, and Lime juice (1 lime).