Flattened rice/ Avil/ Poha chiwda

Flattened rice is rich in iron, the red more has more iron and it is healthy. I keep repeating in many posts that it is good to eat poha / avil upma for breakfast and most important for all to remember is for the body to absorb iron from the food needs Vitamin C. For upma, squeeze lime juice after you take it off the gas, or else vitamin C loses with heat., only amla, Indian gooseberry even when you heat it much. Another point to remember is to finely chop curry leaves, rich in Vitamin E good for skin and hair.

Ingredients

flattened rice/ avil 2 cups

peanuts 1/4 cup

cashews 2 tbsp chopped

fried dal/ pottukadalai ( which is used to make chutneys) 2-3 tbsp

kismis/ raisins 2-3 tbsp

curry leaves 2-3 sprigs

green chilies finely chopped to taste

turmeric pdr little

hing little 

salt and chili pdr to taste ( remember , green chilies are added too)

sugar 2-3 tsp

dry coconut slices 2 tbsp 

 

There are 2 ways of making this, one is by deep frying all the ingredients except turmeric pdr salt , chili pdr and sugar in oil. OR in little oil fry each ingredient separately add in a bowl.

then heat about 1 tbsp of oil, add hing, finely chopped curry leaves and green chilies till all are crisp, then

 add coconut pieces, once it turns golden add turmeric pdr, mix well, add part of the fried ingredients in it along with salt and sugar mix well till you feel the avil is crisp

remove to a big bowl or vessel depends on the quantity of the ingredients you've fried , mix all well along with the ones in which you've added some salt and sugar, mix well. Taste for the salt and spices, if need be add some more as per your taste. 

This chiwda can be stored in an airtight container up to a month. You can use this to make behl puri, adding some sev, chopped onion, boiled chopped potatoes, spicy and sweet chutneys, add some crushed papdis and serve you hygienically prepared bhel puri at home.  

 

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