Poha | aval | rice flakes are used in Indian cuisine in various ways. We make different varieties of upma, vadai, payasam using poha | aval. It’s very difficult to get into the kitchen and cook an elaborate meal during summer days. At least one meal a day we can switch to non-cooked foods, such as salads and fruits. Sometimes when we get bored with salads, you can try this healthy poha recipe. I have given 2 versions of aval | poha recipe. One is a sweet version, similar to the vella aval, we make for Krishna Jayanthi. The other one is a simple version with basic seasoning and garnished with onion and tomato. Apart from the seasoning, we are not doing any cooking in these recipes. I can say it is a perfect bachelor recipe too. As we are adding nuts and using very little oil, it is a very healthy recipe too. Using red poha makes it even healthier. Also check out
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Savory and sweet poha recipe
Let’s make savory aval firstIn a wide bowl add the poha | aval and add water.Wash it nicely.Add salt and sugar and mix well.Cover and keep it aside for 15 minutes.
In a pan temper mustard seeds, red chili, and curry leaves with 2 tsp oil.Transfer it to the poha.Crush the red chili and curry leaves. This enhances the flavor in the savory poha.
Add grated coconut, chopped onion and tomato.Mix well.Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve immediately.
If you want you can just saute the aval in the pan for a minute after the tempering is done.No-cook savory aval is done.
Let’s make sweet pohaWash and drain the water from poha.No need to soak this one, as jaggery oozes out water.
Add jaggery, coconut, nuts, and seeds to this.Mix everything well.I garnished it with chia seeds.You can also add flax seeds too.
Sweet poha is ready.Serve immediately.
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