Peanut & potato flattened rice

Name: Peanut & potato flattened rice
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves; 5 cm/2 in piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and diced; a pinch of salt; 50 g/1¾ oz/2 cups finely chopped coriander/cilantro leaves; 2 tsp sugar; 4 tsp white sesame seeds; 100 g/3½ oz/¾ cup roasted unsalted peanuts, skin on; 1 tsp salt; 2 green chillies, deseeded; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 5 tbsp rapeseed/canola or sunflower oil; 250 g/9 oz/2¼ cups rice flakes (pauwa in Asian stores); ½ tsp turmeric; 1 tsp cumin seeds; ½ tsp brown mustard seeds; 15 fresh curry leaves; 1 large waxy potato, cut into 1cm/½in chunks

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Pimp My Rice

By Nisha Katona

Published 2017

About

Flattened rice is a popular Indian ingredient known as pauwa or poha. The Indians love a long-life ingredient. These flat dry grains just need to be rehydrated and they are ready to go – rice in another guise. This dish is also the go-to breakfast of Maharashtra, served with a good sweet Indian tea.

Ingredients

250 g/9 oz/2¼ cups rice flakes (pauwa in Asian stores)
5

Main course
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

First, create the masala spice paste by blitzing the ingredients in a blender or pounding with a mortar and pestle. You want a smooth paste.

Soak the rice flakes in enough warm water to cover them for 1 minute, then drain immediately.

In a large frying pan or wok, heat the oil over a medium heat. Drop in the cumin seeds and wait for them to sizzle and turn brown. Add the mustard