Tuesday, 25 February 2014

POHA/CHIRWA

http://paakvidhi.blogspot.in/2014/02/pohachirwa.html

Ingredients:
2 cups poha
1 onion chopped
1 carrot chopped
1/4 cup capsicum chopped
1/4 cup french beans chopped
1/4 cup peas
1 medium size potato diced
1 green chili chopped
1/2" ginger grated or chopped
1 tsp mustard seeds(rai)
7-8 curry leaves
1-2  tbsp peanuts
1/4 tsp asafoetida powder(hing)
1/2 tsp turmeric powder(haldi)
1/2 tsp degi mirch  or to taste (optional)
1/2 tsp garam masala or sabzi masala
1 tsp powdered sugar
1 lemon
salt to taste
pepper to taste
2 tbsp oil

Method:

  1. Put poha in a soup strainer and run clean water over it so that all the poha becomes wet toss it and check that all the poha is wet and if required sprinkle some more water on the poha which is still dry.
  2. Let it be in the soup strainer and keep the strainer over a vessel so that if there is any excess water that is drained out.
  3. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds ,curry leaves,green chilies,ginger and peanuts in it.
  4. When peanuts become brown in color add onions and then put all the vegetables in order of there tenderness and stir fry for 2 minutes or till they become crunchy.If required add some water and coot the vegetables under lid.
  5. Now add all the spices including turmeric powder, then add salt, pepper and poha and mix well.
  6. Cook for two minutes and add sugar and lemon juice.
  7. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with ketchup,chuttney or sambhar. 

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