This is a very tasty dish and Poorvi's one of the most favourites! Very simple and easy to make too. Inspite of this I don't prepare it often. I dont know why!
Recently I remembered this suddenly on Krishna Janmashtami day, since avalakki is supposed to be Krishna's favourite. So I did prepare it.
To make this you need:
Ingredients:
Avalakki/Poha 1 cup
Water 1 cup
Tamarind paste 1/2 teaspoon (thick paste)
Salt 1 level teaspoon
Jaggary powder 2 teaspoons
Sarina pudi 1 teaspoon
Ingu 2 pinches
Oil 1 tablespoon
Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon
Curry leaves 8-10
Raw coconut 1/2 cup (grated)
Peanuts 2 tablespoons (roasted)
Procedure:
Run avalakki in a grinder for one or two seconds to a coarse powder. Doesn't matter if a few of the grains are not ground at all.
Now take water in a bowl. Add salt, tamarind paste, ingu, jaggery, sarina pudi and mix till salt and jaggery dissolve. Add ground avalakki and mix well. Leave it for about half an hour, while stirring the contents with a spoon once or twice in between so that the grains are separate.
Keep a kadai on flame. Add oil. When it is hot, add mustard seeds. When they sputter, add curry leaves and add the contents of the bowl. Keep stirring till the contents are mixed uniformly. Now add grated coconut and roasted peanuts and mix well.
The dish is now ready to eat. It will not be hot, but just warm since there is no need to cook it. If you want to have it hot, microwave for a few seconds.
It may not stay for more than one day even if you refrigerate it because of raw coconut. So you have to consume it soon.
Finally! With measurements!! Cant wait to try it out!
ReplyDeletevery tasty aunty ur photo's are so tempting I cannot sit calmly until I prepare it after reading the post.
ReplyDeleteyummmyyy! it's been so many years since I had this. need to make it sometime :)
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