Pota Jalebi | Indore Style Poha Recipe

Ingredients

3 Onions, medium size, chopped

400 gms Pressed Rice (poha), thick variety

Salt to taste

½ tsp Sugar

5 tbsp Oil

1 tsp Mustard seeds

A pinch Asafoetida

6 – 7 Curry leaves

6 – 7 Green chillies, chopped

½ tsp Turmeric powder

1 Potato, medium size, boiled, cut in 1 inch pieces

1 tsp Lemon juice

½ cup Peanuts or any nuts

2 tbsp Cilantro, fresh leaves, chopped

Method

▪ Wash the poha in a colander. Poha should be moist but not mashed. Add salt and sugar and mix lightly.

▪ Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and when they splutter add asafoetida and curry leaves. Sauté for half a minute and add onions and continue to sauté. Add green chillies and mix. Add turmeric powder and peanuts, mix thoroughly.

▪ Sauté for two minutes and add potato and poha. Mix and cook till poha is heated through.

▪ Add lemon juice and mix lightly.

▪ Garnish with cilantro leaves and serve hot.

You can serve with jalebi which is Indore style as well pomegranate pearls.