Oct 11 2007
Delicious Poha with sweet corn
This dish is really easy and one can make it in a jiffy. Poha or beaten rice flakes upma is nutritious and quite healthy. One can add colorful vegetables like green,red or yellow bell pepper, carrots, peas..and it increases the taste!! I am sure children who generally avoid veggies would definetely try this one..may be out of curiosity! I added one more ingredient this time..i add boiled corn. Here is the recipe.
Poha upma
Ingredients
1 cup poha or beaten rice flakes
1 cup – red,green and yellow bell pepper – nicely diced
1/2 cup boiled corn
1/2 cup carrot
1 cup onion
2 or 3 green chillies
a pinch turmeric
1/2 tsp red chilli powder( adjust according to your taste)
salt to taste
Method
Sprinkle some water on poha or rice flakes so that they become soft and keep them aside. Put some oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, jeera, chana daal and urad dal (1/2 tsp each). After they splutter add onion and green chillies and fry for a while. Add all the cut vegetables – carrots, boiled corn, and peppers. Add salt, turmeric and red chilli powder, mix it well and let it cook for a while. Add the poha and mix it well so that the entire masala gets coated on the flakes. Sprinkle some lemon juice and serve it hot with hot tea! Its an amazing breakfast combination!