This is also served with green peas usli / sundal, chane usli /sundal, upma. I will post the recipe for green peas usli soon! Today I have used store bought sambar powder for this recipe. You can also prepare the sambar powder from scratch and use it in recipe which always tastes the best. I will post the recipe for homemade sambar powder soon. I have also used dry grated coconut so added a teaspoon of oil in my recipe. You can make this oi-less if you are adding fresh / frozen grated coconut. There are different ways in which this can be prepared. I will give few substitutions in the tip section. Preparation time : 5 minutes Serves : 2 Flattened rice / Poha / Avalakki - 1 cup Jaggery - 2 tablespoon (gur) Red chile powder - 1 tsp Sambar powder - 1 ½ tsp Grated Coconut - ⅓ cup Vegetable oil / Coconut oil - 1 teaspoon (optional) Salt - to taste
In a bowl add grated jaggery, red chile powder, sambar powder, grated coconut, salt and oil and mix well using hand. Now add the poha little by little and mix again using hand till the masala is uniformly distributed. Sweet and Spicy Poha is now ready. Serve immediately and enjoy. Click here for green peas usli
Tip :
You can substitute jaggery with brown sugar or regular sugar. I have used dry grated coconut, so added oil. If using fresh / frozen coocnut then skip adding oil. You can use green chiles instead of red chile powder. Vary the spices as per your taste. You can also add coriander leaves if desired.
