Southekayi avalakki recipe | How to make cucumber poha | Avalakki recipes
By Latha on November15th, 2019
Southekayi avalakki or cucumber poha recipe explained with step by step pictures and video. This is a very easy, tasty and healthy recipe prepared using thin beaten rice, onion, tomato, cucumber, green chilli, peanut, mustard, cumin and curry leaves. You can serve this avalakki upkari or thin poha recipe as a breakfast item or as evening snacks.
This is a healthy avalakki recipe with raw cucumber and tomato. It uses very less oil and no-coconut as well. So if you are interested in weight loss, then this is the perfect recipe.
I like avalakki recipes a lot. I find them very tasty and very easy to prepare. I have posted many avalakki recipes on this website like masale avalakki upkari, malnad style gojjavalakki, mangalore style gojjavalakki, bengaluru-mysuru style gojjavalakki, avalakki unde, gatti avalakki oggarane, avalakki bisibele bath, sihi avalakki, mosaru avalakki and avalakki mixture recipes.
I have added little sugar in this recipe, which is optional and you can skip it. And if you wish you can add litle lemon juice at the end. You can also top it with sev while serving.
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Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 0 min
Serves: 2
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 2 - 3 cup thin beaten rice or avalakki or poha
- 2 tbsp ground nut or peanut
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 - 2 green chili
- 4 - 5 curry leaves
- 1 onion
- 1 tomato
- 1 small sized cucumber
- 1/2 tsp sugar (optional)
- Salt as per your taste
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 tbsp coriander leaves
- 1/2 tsp lemon juice (optional)
Instructions for making southekayi avalakki:
- Heat oil in a kadai or deep frying pan and roast the groundnuts or peanuts.
- When ground nut starts crackling add in mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
- When mustard seeds splutters, add in chopped green chili and curry leaves. Give a quick stir.
- Next add in chopped onion and fry until soft.
- Followed by add in chopped tomato.
- Immediately add in chopped peeled and chopped cucumber.
- Also add in salt and sugar as per your taste. Please note, suagr is optional.
- Mix everything well. And add in 2 cups of thin avalakki or poha. If you wish the avalakki to be dry, then you can add upto 3 cups.
- Give a quick mix. Switch off the stove and garnish with coriander leaves..
- Southekayi avalakki or cucumber poha is ready to serve. You can top it with sev while serving.
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