TARRI POHA

 Helo Foodies!!!!

How have you all been?? 

Today I am sharing an yummiest breakfast recipe with you all. This recipe belongs to Nagpur. We all know Nagpur is famous for Oranges but I feel its not only about Oranges from Nagpur but yes Tarri Poha is also very famous there. People love this dish and love to have it as a first thing in the morning. The famous, most loved and most wanted breakfast for Nagpurkars is one and only Tarri Poha. You can see various stalls are set up early morning and 100s of people there enjoying this delicious breakfast almost every morning. 

Trust me you all are going to love this dish and would surely make it more often and enjoy it. I will be sharing an authentic recipe with you all so you would actually get to enjoy and feel like you are eating the Nagpuri Tarri Poha sitting at your home. 

This dish is also known as Saoji Tarri Poha, Nagpuri Tarri Poha, Chana Poha or Vidarbha Tarri Poha. Various names for one dish isn't it interesting? So lets get started with our recipe details and preparations. 

TARRI POHA 

Ingredients for Tarri - 

• 1 cup boiled black chick peas or kala chana 
• 1 medium onion
• 2-3 garlic cloves 
• 1 inch ginger 
• Pinch of hing (Asafoetida) 
• 2-3 tbsp oil 
• 1 tsp red chili powder 
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp cumin powder 
• 1/2 tsp garam masala or goda masala 
• Salt to taste 
• Water 

Recipe for Tarri - 

1. To begin with soak kala chana in enough water for 6-7 hours or overnight. Boil the chana or pressure cook it for 3 whistles. If you are using Instant Pot for cooking boil it for about 20-22 minutes. 

2. On the other side heat a tsp of oil and add roughly chopped onion, garlic and ginger to it and fry them nicely till you get a nice golden coloured onions. Cool it down completely and grind it to a smooth paste. 

3. In other pan heat 2 tbsp oil and add the ready masala paste to it and sauté nicely. Cook the paste till it starts to release oil. 

4. Once you see the oil starts releasing then add all the dry spices to it and mix them well. Add little water and cook all the ingredients for 2-3 minutes. 

5. Now add the boiled chana to it, season with salt and mix well. Add a cup of water and let it boil for 5 minutes. Keep stirring in between. Add more water if required to adjust consistency of tarri. 

6. Boil it nicely till the chana is nice and tender and you see oil over the tarri. 

Now lets start making Poha.....

Ingredients for Poha - 

• 3 cups of thick poha (Flattened rice) 
• 1 large onion
• 1 medium sized potato 
• 1/4 cup green peas
• 1/4 cup peanuts
• 3-4 green chilies
• 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 
• A pinch of hing (Asafoetida) 
• Salt to taste 
• 1 tsp sugar
• 8-10 curry leaves
• 2 tsp oil
• Handful of coriander leaves finely chopped

Recipe for Poha - 

1. To start with slice onions, chop potatoes and chilies. 

2. Now heat up oil in a large pan and add mustard seeds and cumin seeds and let them splutter and add curry leaves to it and sauté for 30 seconds. 

3. Now add sliced onions and fry them nicely till you see the golden colour starts appearing on them. 

4. Add potatoes and mix nicely. Now cover the pan with lid and cook potatoes nicely. 

5. When the potatoes are half done at this stage add chilies, peanut and green peas to it and cook everything nicely. 

6. On the other side soak poha in enough water and get rid of excess water. You can also put poha in a sieve and run under water so the poha gets soaked nicely. 

7. Now add turmeric powder and hing to onions and potatoes and mix. Add soaked poha to it. Season with salt and sugar and mix gently. 

8. Cover and cook for few minutes on low heat. Mix well and add coriander leaves to and gently mix again. 

NOW LETS START ASSEMBLING OUR TARRI POHA!!!!!

Assemble Tarri Poha - 

In a bowl take poha and pour the chana tarri over poha and garnish with finely chopped onion, coriander leaves and lime wedge. You can also add sev if you like. 

*Note - You can increase or decrease the spice level as per your taste. Usually the dish is bit spicy but if you are not used to spicy foods you can decrease the spice level.

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Thank you.