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इंदौरी पोहा

Indori Poha

The one the city argues about

Fifty-six shops, one breakfast, zero consensus. What they agree on is the jeeravan that goes over the top at the last second — never stirred in.

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Authentic Indori Poha preparation

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Time
15 min
Effort
Easy
Heat

Everything that goes in

सामग्री

Serves
2
  • 2 cups thick poha
  • 1 onion, fine chopped
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 8–10 curry leaves
  • 2 green chillies, slit
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • Juice of half a lemon
  • Sev, coriander and raw onion to finish

Written for 2. Use the dial to cook for more or fewer.

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Serve with · Hot jalebi, if you are doing it properly.

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Method

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  1. PrepRinse thick poha in a colander until just soft. Never soak it — it turns to paste.
  2. TadkaTemper mustard, curry leaf and green chilli in hot oil. Add haldi and a pinch of lal mirch.
  3. StirFold the poha through off the heat, with sugar and lemon. Do not stir it hard.
  4. ChutkiSprinkle jeeravan over the top at the table. Sev, onion, coriander, done.

The one thingJeeravan goes on at the end. Cook it in and you lose the whole point of it.

Saath mein banaate hain

आइए, साथ में बनाते हैं।

Cook it with him, step by step.

He works a real chulha — the vessel changes with the step, the flame comes up for a tadka, and you can hear the whole thing. Sound on.

इंदौरी पोहाIndori Pohaतैयारीतड़काचलानाचुटकी

तैयारी· Prep

पहले तैयारी कर लीजिए।

Get your prep done first.

Indori Poha · step 1 of 4

Quick · Indore

Indori Poha

Prep · तैयारी

Rinse thick poha in a colander until just soft. Never soak it — it turns to paste.