Usal Poha

HOW TO MAKE USAL POHA

Pohe is a very delicious and one of the favourite and preferred Indian dish due to easy preparation techniques and number of benefits. Usal pohe can be prepared by using many ingredients or few ingredients as per time and taste.

PREPARATION TIME      COOKING TIME      TOTAL TIME      SERVINGS

      20 MINUTES                    10 MINUTES         30 MINUTES           4

Ingredients for Usal Poha

• Thick Poha 2 cups
• White Peas: 1 Cup Boiled
• Roasted Peanuts 1/4 cup
• Cauliflower 100 gms
• Oil 2 tablespoons
• Mustard Seeds (Rai) 1/2 tablespoon 
• Cumin Seeds (Jeera) 3/4 Tablespoon
• Green Chillies 2-3
• Onion 1 Small
• Potato 1 Medium
• Turmeric Powder (Haldi) 1/2 Tablespoon
• Salt as per taste
• Sugar as per taste
• Asafoetida (Hing) 1 Pinch
• Curry Leaves 10-15
• Coriander Leaves
• Non-stick pan
• Spoon
• Grated Coconut 1/2 tablespoon
• Sev 1/2 tablespoon
•  Big strainer
• Gas

Before Preparation of Usal Poha

• Wash Pohe in stainer under water flow not more than 1 minute otherwise pohe will be mushed up. Keep aside in tilt position so that extra water will drain out
• Chop onion in small pieces.
• Cut potato, cauliflower into small pieces.
• Grate coconut if grated coconut is not available

Preparation of Usal

Step 1

Keep a non-stick on the gas and put oil in it and keep flame on sim for cooking of oil. After oil cooks add mustard seeds.

Step 2

After mustard seeds starts dancing in oil add asafoetida, curry leaves, turmeric powder, green chillies to it and after that put boiled white peas in the non-stick and add water 1 cup and keep it for boiling for 5 minutes.

Preparation of Usal Pohe

Step 1

Keep the non-stick pan on the gas for heating and put 2 tablespoons oil to heat.

Step 2

Put mustard seeds in the oil. Then add Cumin seeds, green chillies, cauliflower, peanuts, onion, potato, turmeric powder, curry leaves in the oil.

Step 3 

Now add the pohe in the above materials and stir it well to mix with other ingredients.

Step 4

Cover the non stick pan for 3-4 minutes for steaming. After 1-2 minutes stir the pohe so that each item will be cooked properly.

Step 5

After steaming up of pohe add sugar and salt as per taste.

Step 6

 Also add coriander leaves and again cover cup the non-stick pan for 1 minute. After 1 minute hot kande pohe is ready.

Step 7

Now add usal to the poha and see that usal should be added at the time of serving and not much earlier as poha will soak water and pohe will be wet and untasteful.