The most nutritious of all breakfast eats is the Potato poha, which is filling and delicious! Children will not make a fuss to eat this breakfast meal! And the very Indian breakfast, the local produce which is the best for taste and health! In my humble opinion, we must eat local, not processed food like in the West where the sun does not shine all through the year and fresh food is not available round the year! They have to depend on processed/preserved food but we need not, we have fresh seasonal vegetables and fruits available!
Ingredients:
Large onions: 2 (Chop fine)
Tomato: 1 (chopped into small pieces)
Potato: 1 medium size cooked and peeled, and cut to small peieces
Green chillies: 5 slit vertically
Curry leaves: 2 sprigs
Jeera: 1 tsp
Mustard: 1tsp
Urad dal: 1 tsp
Cooking oil: 3 TBSp
Coriander leaves chopped: 2 TBSp
Medium thickness poha (beaten rice): 3 cups (200ml cup)
Salt: to taste
Procedure:
1) Keep the poha in a large strainer, run water gently over it stirring the poha. Keep aside for 15 minutes to drain fully. Transfer the poha to a large plate, sprinkle salt and gently mix with your fingers so that the salt is evenly distributed
2) Add oil to the pan, when hot add mustard, when mustard splutters, add urad dal and fry till golden. Now add jeera and stir for a minute, urad dal should not get burnt.
Next, add curry leaves, saute, then add onions, saute, add chopped tomato, and some salt for this masala. When tomato is cooked add the potato bits and saute well. Add the chopped coriander leaves and mix well.
3) Transfer the wet and salted poha to the masala in the pan and stir gently so that the masala is mixed well with the poha, if necessary sprinkle a little water, mix well, cover and cook for a few minutes, stirring gently with a flat spatula.
Serve hot! It is ideal for lunch boxes of kids too!
Try it out and let me know in comments how it came out!
