DADPE POHE

 Dadpe Pohe is a Maharashtrian recipe that gives an amazing twist everyday rice flakes. Pohe, rice flakes or flattened rice is breakfast staple in most Maharashtrian homes. There is more than one way to prepare delicious poha. Kaanda poha has a lot of onions in it. Similarly, the batata poha has potatoes and no onion in it. The kaanda batata poha is the most common variety and has both onions and potatoes in it. The taste varies quite a lot if you alter the poha ingredients. 

Dadpe Pohe recipe uses raw, unwashed poha, which is mixed with vegetables and tempered with very aromatic ingredients. It is salty, slightly sweet, and wholesomely delicious. The raw poha in dadpe pohe gets softened because of the moisture that is released by vegetables. You wont be able to tell poha is uncooked; it absorbs the flavours so well. 

Dadpe Pohe recipe is spicy, sweet and makes for a perfect breakfast or an evening snack served along with a cup of Hot Ginger Tea. 

Furthermore, before I wrap up the recipe, I would like to add some tips, suggestions and variations to Dadpe Pohe recipe. Firstly, the traditional recipe uses the combination of onions and coconut which makes it a tasty recipe. Yet if you do not like onions you can avoid it, especially if you want to make if no onion no garlic recipe. Secondly, the traditional recipe is made with thin nylon poha which makes it perfect. You can also make this recipe with medium poha but certainly with not thick poha. Lastly the has to be served immediately once it is prepared. It can turn soggy and hence you may have to plan is accordingly and serve it once it is done. 

DADPE POHE

Ingredients - 

• 1 onion finely chopped
• 3/4 to 1 cup coconut, grated 
• 2 tsp lemon juice 
• 1 tsp sugar 
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2-3 cups of poha 
• 1/2 cup coconut water 
• 2 tbsp oil 
• 2 tbsp oil 
• 1 tsp mustard 
• 1/2 tsp cumin 
• A pinch of hing (asafoetida) 
• 2 green chilies finely chopped 
• 1/2 tsp turmeric 
• 7-8 curry leaves 
• 2 tbsp coriander leaves, finely chopped 

Recipe - 

1. In a large bowl take finely chopped onion, 1/2 cup coconut, 1 tsp lemon juice, 1 tsp sugar and 1/2 tsp salt 
2. Mix well making sure everything is well combined
3. Now add poha and mix well 
4. Sprinkle coconut water on it and toss again 
5. Rest for 10-15 minutes making sure poha absorbs moisture and turns soft 
6. Meanwhile in a pan heat oil and fry peanut until peanuts turn crunchy 
7. Then add mustard seeds to the oil and let it splutter and then add cumin seeds to it. Then add hing, curry leaves and turmeric to it 
8. Pour the tempering over poha and add fried peanuts and mix well. 
9. Add coriander leaves and mix well. 
10. Garnish Dadpe Pohe with grated coconut and coriander leaves and serve. 

*Notes - If you don't have coconut water available you can replace it with cucumber as well. Cucumber help to add moisture to Dadpe Pohe. 

I personally like cucumber in Dadpe Pohe so I do add it always.