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    Vegetable Poha Recipe : Indian Breakfast of Poha Made Healthy

    Apr 17, 2017 Modified: May 31, 2022 by Rekha Kakkar This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    Vegetable Poha recipe one of most cooked breakfast in our home, other than my favourite omelette :D. I think this is one of most popular healthy Indian breakfast dish made with flattened rice known as poha. When I first started to make poha, I never liked the clumpy texture of poha. With time and trials, I learned very few tips required to make non-sticky veg poha.

    Vegetable Poha recipe healthy

    Having grown up in the interior of Haryana, I never had taste poha let alone know how to make poha. How poha or Pohe as it is known in MP became an integral part of our comfort breakfast is an interesting story. When we were Kids, my Mama (maternal Uncle) visited Indore on a work trip. Indori poha is one of most famous breakfast.

    During that time he fell in the love with a Girl and she cooked a very delicious (but uncommon for us) breakfast of Indori poha for him. So, he brought back more than just a love story. Yes! he got for us some food stories as well 🙂 and some flattened rice with a recipe of how to make poha. Now, of course, we love our Kanda poha, Bread poha etc too.

    Veg Poha Vs Aloo Poha

    So as a novel dish most of the family members tried it and we fell in love with ‘Aloo poha’ immediately. The girl (now my Aunt) had already won the hearts of elders and she was already accepted as a family member by Nana Ji. Needless to say, our love affair with Poha continued.

    I always have loved the traditional version of aloo poha in which fried potatoes and lots of peanuts are added to the soaked poha. But now after 4 decades of life and a very slow metabolism later, I needed some changes in diet and lifestyle patterns. Now the portion size, quality of nutrition and calories in poha all have started to matter.

    Healthy Poha Recipe

    I replace the potatoes in poha with vegetables. Adding vegetables in place of potatoes reduces the calories, brings into acceptable Glycemic Index range. It helps me to bulk up the recipe, I use less quantity of flattened rice/poha. I replaced the white rice poha with red rice poha. Red rice poha is better in nutrition and is unpolished.

    So, what could be a better situation when your comfort breakfast of poha is now vegetable poha. It is a healthier version so you can enjoy it in a guilt-free manner.

    Veg Poha - Recipe Notes and Tips

    1. Always soak Poha for a few minutes before using it.
    2. Rinse it in water and drain all the water immediately. Keep it for few minutes to soften the poha and its grains remain separated even after cooking.
    3. Chop the vegetables in fine, so it blends well with soft poha.
    4. Use medium thick poha/flattened rice so grains remain soft and separated. Too thin poha results in too much mushiness and thick variety sometimes remains undercooked.

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    Vegetable Poha is popular and healthy Indian breakfast dish made with flattened rice and lots of vegetables. From as long as I can remember vegetable poha been a comfort breakfast or sometimes just a small portion of poha with evening tea was served as a part of Indian chai Nashta, especially during the weekends.

    Vegetable Poha Recipe : Indian Breakfast of Poha Made Healthy

    Healthy vegetable poha recipe to make healthy Indian breakfast. This Veg poha is perfect for weight loss diet or those who want healthy Indian breakfast options.
    5 from 3 votes
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    Course: Breakfast
    Cuisine: Indian, indian cuisine
    Keyword: breakfast, breakfast bowl, healthy breakfast, poha, south Indian breakfast
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes
    Servings: 3
    Calories: 303kcal
    Author: Rekha Kakkar

    Ingredients

    • 150 grams Red Rice poha medium thick
    • 2 green chili finely chopped
    • 2 Tablespoon peanuts shelled
    • 1 sprig curry leaves
    • 2 Tablespoon Cabbage chopped
    • 2 Tablespoon Bell pepper chopped capsicum
    • 2 Tablespoon peas
    • ½ cup chopped tomatoes
    • 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
    • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
    • ½ teaspoon red chili powder
    • 1 tablespoon Oil
    • Salt to taste
    • leaves coriander for garnish
    • Sev Bhujia for garnish

    Instructions

    • Take the red rice poha in a bowl, add ½ cup of water mix it well and set aside or rinse the poha with cold water drain out excess water immediately and keep it aside.
    • Heat oil in a pan and shadow fry peanuts in the oil. remove them and keep aside to add later.
    • In the same oil add in the mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds start popping add green chili and curry leaves. Add capsicum, cabbage and frozen peas cook these vegetables for few minutes till soft. Keep stirring that occasionally.
    • Now add salt to taste and turmeric powder as well as red chili powder.
    • Add tomatoes, mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add 4-5 tablespoon of water and cook tomatoes till these are pulpy and cooked.
    • Mix everything together and then add in the soaked red poha.
    • Turn heat to low and mix all the ingredients. Cook for 2-3 minutes and finally add in coriander leaves and fried peanuts.
    • Mix everything well and switch off the heat.
    • Serve it hot and top with generous sprinkle of bhujia sev.
    • Enjoy the hot bowl of vegetable poha with a steaming cup of Indian masala chai.

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    Nutrition

    Calories: 303kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 167mg | Potassium: 238mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 442IU | Vitamin C: 33mg | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 2mg
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    1. Paleo Diet

      September 15, 2017 at 11:00 am

      Just yesterday i tried this recipe its full of fiber,vitamin and minerals. Poha recipe is Indian most favourite breakfast.To make more healthy recipe use cold pressed coconut oil.Coconut oil produced by cold pressing retains its molecular composition, which is compromised in hot-pressed oils leading to the production of carcinogenic free radicals in the body.

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    2. Anitha

      June 05, 2018 at 8:17 pm

      5 stars
      It's good I will try to do this.

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      • Rekha Kakkar

        June 06, 2018 at 6:39 am

        Thank you:) hope you will like it.

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    3. Saijyoti

      July 26, 2018 at 6:23 pm

      5 stars
      My favorite Poha recipe. Thank you.

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