Recipe of Quick Poha - with an experimental secret

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have poha - with an experimental secret using 22 ingredients and 25 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Poha - with an experimental secret:

1. Get Prepping the poha
2. Get 2 cups thick poha (flattened rice)
3. Get 1/2 tsp haldi (turmeric powder)
4. Take Main dish
5. Take 2 tbsp oil
6. Prepare 1 tsp hing
7. Make ready 1 tbsp rai (mustard seeds)
8. Take 1 tbsp cumin seeds
9. Prepare 2 chillies minced (+/- 1 for spice tolerance)
10. Take 1/2 ginger, minced (can be replaced)
11. Take 1 clove garlic, minced (can be replaced)
12. Prepare 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste (replacement of the above 2 ingredients)
13. Get 1/2 cup raw peeled peanuts
14. Get 6-8 curry leaves
15. Prepare 3/4 cup diced onions
16. Prepare 1/2 tbsp haldi (if you like the taste of turmeric up this qty to 1 tbsp)
17. Get 3/4 cup potato peeled and diced
18. Make ready 1 tbsp shredded/desiccated coconut
19. Get 1/2 cup cilantro (coriander) chopped
20. Take 1/2 lemon
21. Take 1 tbsp sugar
22. Make ready Salt to taste

Steps to make Poha - with an experimental secret:

1. Take 2 cups poha in a plate and spread them to the sides, leaving the center of the plate with a doughnut like structure
2. Pour water into the plate in the center so that we are not pouring water directly over the poha (the entire poha must be submerged in water)
3. Lightly swirl around with your hand to wash off the powder like layer off the poha
4. Keep it submerged for 2 minutes and then transfer them to a strainer
5. Whilst in the strainer add 1/2 tsp haldi and lightly mix the poha; set this aside (for about 10-15 minutes)
6. Start cutting the veggies after you have set this aside to save time
7. Heat oil in a wok / kadhai at almost full heat
8. Add hing followed by rai (mustard seeds)
9. Once the mustard seeds start to crackle reduce the heat to half and add cumin seeds
10. Wait 10 seconds and add the minced chillies
11. Fry for about 20-30 seconds
12. Add the ginger and then garlic with about a 15 second delay, if you are using the paste add it together at this point
13. Fry till the raw aroma of ginger and garlic disappears
14. Next, add the peanuts and fry them until they become light red; please be careful because it is very easy to burn the peanuts, approximately 1-2 minutes should do them just right
15. Next add the curry leaves and fry for about 20 seconds
16. Add the onions and fry until they turn pink
17. Add the potatoes and salt, and fry for about 2 minutes
18. Add turmeric powder and then cover and cook until potatoes are tender (keep stirring once in a minute at the least to ensure nothing sticks at the bottom)
19. When potatoes are tender reduce heat to the lowest setting as add the prepped poha
20. Once you add the poha be very careful as to not to press the dish from top down, else you will end up having rice cakes like texture.
21. Toss the dish from bottom up using a spoon or a spatula, very lightly until the spice mix we made blends in
22. Next add the shredded/desiccated coconut and continue mixing in same style for about 1 minute
23. Squeeze half a lemon and mix 4-5 times more
24. Turn off the heat and add sugar and chopped cilantro and mix for another 2 minutes
25. Cover for 1 minute before you serve

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