Masale avalakki recipe | How to make masala poha
By Latha on Nov 15th, 2024
Masale avalakki or masala poha recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. This is a very easy and tasty avalakki recipe. Masala poha is a quick, tasty and healthy breakfast recipe prepared using beaten rice, vegetables, onion, green chilli, curry leaves, tomato, spice powders, coconut and coriander leaves.
I have added carrot, beans and potato in this recipe, however you can add any other vegetables as per your choice. I have kept the tempering simpler, but you can add peanuts (shenga) or urad dal or chana dal or cashews as per your choice.
You can find many avalakki or poha recipes on this website. I have also posted bangalore-mysore style gojjavalakki, mangalore style gojjavalakki and malnad style gojjavalakki recipes. These are all very tasty recipes. So kindly have a look.
You can find one more gatti avalakki oggarane recipe, which makes use of onion and tomato. This is a much simpler and bachelor friendly recipe. The complete preparation takes hardly 10 minutes.
If you are looking for more Karnataka style breakfast recipes then do check our breakfast recipes section.
I have made a video on this recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 15 min
Serves: 4
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 2 cups medium avalakki or poha
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 green chillies
- Few curry leaves
- 1 large onion
- 1 cup mixed vegetables
- 1 tomato
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Big pinch asafoetida
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp dhaniya powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1/4 cup grated coconut
- Finely chopped coriander leaves
- Lemon juice as per taste
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- Salt or as per your taste
Instructions for making masala avalakki or poha:
- To begin with, let us prepare tempering using oil, mustard and cumin seeds.
- Add chopped green chilli and curry leaves.
- Followed by add in chopped onions and fry until soft.
- Add mixed vegetables like beans, carrot and potato. You can also add other vegetables like green peas, capsicum or cabbage.
- Also add chopped tomato. Fry everything together until vegetables are soft yet crunchy.
- Add salt, turmeric and asafoetida.
- Also add in red chilli, dhaniya, cumin and garam masala powders.
- Fry everything together for a minute and add 1/4 cup water.
- Take poha or avalakki in a container and rinse it. I have used medium poha, so I have just rinsed it. Soak it for 10 mins if you are using thick poha or gatti avalakki.
- Add the rinsed poha.
- Give it a quick mix.
- Close the lid and cook for 2 minutes under low flame.
- Open the lid and give it a quick mix. Add fresh grated coconut, coriander leaves and lemon juice.
- Mix it well and serve it as a breakfast or evening snacks.
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