North Indian

Doodh Poha (Milk Poha)

Name: Doodh Poha (Milk Poha)
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: North Indian
Ingredients: 1.5 cups thin poha (flattened rice); 2 cups whole milk; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 sliced banana; 8 chopped almonds; 1/4 tsp cardamom powder

Harpreet Kaur @harpreet_kaur

Doodh Poha (Milk Poha) is North Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

10 min Easy Low sodium Vegetarian Pescatarian Halal Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1.5 cups thin poha (flattened rice)
2 cups whole milk
2 tbsp sugar
1 sliced banana
8 chopped almonds
1/4 tsp cardamom powder

How to cook it

Rinse the thin poha briefly in a sieve under running water, then drain well and let it sit for a few minutes to soften.
Warm the milk in a small pan or in the microwave until it is hot but not boiling.
Stir the sugar and cardamom powder into the warm milk until the sugar dissolves.
Divide the softened poha among bowls and pour the warm sweet milk over it.
Top with the sliced banana and chopped almonds and serve right away while the milk is still warm.

Watch how to cook Doodh Poha (Milk Poha)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A North Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Doodh Poha (Milk Poha), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The sharp little thing
- Plain Curd (Dahi)
  
  5 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Doodh Poha (Milk Poha) carries tree nuts and dairy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Doodh Poha (Milk Poha)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	Yes	Aloo Paratha (Potato Stuffed Flatbread)
Dairy	Yes	Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils)
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 370 kcal
Protein: 9 g
Carbs: 61 g
Fat: 10 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugar: 18 g
Sodium: 30 mg
Saturated fat: 5 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Doodh Poha (Milk Poha) takes about 10 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.