North Indian
Poha (Flattened Rice Breakfast)
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Poha (Flattened Rice Breakfast) 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.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rinse the poha in a colander until it just softens, then let it drain while you prep the vegetables.
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Heat the oil in a wide pan over medium and let the mustard seeds pop, then add the peanuts, curry leaves, and green chilies.
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Stir in the diced potato and cook until nearly tender, about 8 minutes, then add the onion and peas and soften for 4 minutes.
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Sprinkle in the turmeric, sugar, and salt, then fold in the drained poha gently until warmed through, about 3 minutes.
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Finish with a squeeze of lemon and the fresh cilantro and serve warm.
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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 Poha (Flattened Rice Breakfast), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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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. Poha (Flattened Rice Breakfast) carries peanuts. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | Yes | Aloo Paratha (Potato Stuffed Flatbread) |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| 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
- 390 kcal
- Protein
- 9 g
- Carbs
- 52 g
- Fat
- 16 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 580 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Poha (Flattened Rice Breakfast) takes about 25 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.
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