Recipe

Potato Poha

Cubed potato and poha rice

ger breakfast

Time30 min
Yield1 portions
Energy408 kcal
Components0
Contents

Ingredients

  • 50grice, poha
  • 5mloil, rapeseed
  • 80gpotato
  • 0.0625tspsalt
  • 0.75tspmustard seeds, black
  • 6perherb, curry leaf
  • 2single, 5gchilli, green finger
  • 0.5wholeonion≈ 75 g onion
  • 0.25tspspice, turmeric
  • 0.25tspmonosodium glutamate
  • 3gsugar, white
  • 10mlwater≈ 10 g water
  • 10gpeanuts
  • 35mlwater≈ 35 g water
  • 15glemon juice
  • 15mlherb, coriander, fresh≈ 2.16 g herb, coriander, fresh

Instructions

Process

  1. Prep:
    1. Rinse the poha in a sieve, then drain well and leave to soften (don’t soak)
    2. Small dice (1cm cubes) the potato
    3. Chop the onion
    4. Fine chop the chilli
    5. Roast the peanuts -- do not burn -- then crush half
  2. Heat the oil over medium
  3. Add the potato and salt; cook 6-8 minutes until taking on colour and are done. Remove and set aside
  4. Add the mustard seeds, allow to pop
  5. Add the curry leaves and chilli, cook 10-15s
  6. Add the onion, cook 3-4 minutes until soft and translucent
  7. Add the spices, stir 15 seconds
  8. Add a small splash of water
  9. Add the potato, poha, peanuts, fold together
  10. Sprinkle water over the top, cover, then cook on low heat for 90 seconds.
  11. Remove from heat
  12. Add the lemon juice and coriander

Notes

Final result should be:

  • Fluffy not sticky
  • Potato lightly crisp at edges
  • Tang from lemon and depth from msg
  • Peanuts noticeable but not dominant

Nutrition details

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NutritionPer portionBatch total
Calories408408
Protein9.39.3
Carbohydrates65.765.7
Total Sugars9.79.7
Free Sugars3.23.2
Fat11.311.3
Saturated Fat1.41.4
Fibre5.45.4
Alcohol0.00.0
Salt0.70.7
Iron1.871.87
Calcium51.551.5
Vitamin B1200
Omega 31515
Magnesium50.550.5
Potassium488488
Caffeine00
Cost£0.84£0.84