Huli Avalakki | Poha in Udupi Style
Ingredients
- Thick rice flakes - 2 cups
- Tamarind - Lemon sized
- Jaggery powder - 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
- Salt- 1.5 tsp or to taste
- Peanuts - 2 tbsp
To grind
- Fresh grated coconut- 1/4 cup
- Red chillies- 2 nos.
- Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
To temper
- Coconut oil- 2 tbsp
- Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
- Split black gram lentils - 1/4 tsp
- Curry leaves - Few
Instructions
Preparation
- Soak tamarind in 1/4 cup of water for 10 minutes.
- Take rice flakes in a wide bowl and rinse with enough water. Then soak it for 5 to 10 minutes. After that drain it over fine strainer.
Method
- Take coconut, red chillies and mustard seeds in a mixer and grind coarsely.
- After draining all the water, the rice flakes would have turned soft now. Next heat a pan with all the ingredients listed under "To temper". Saute and let them splutter. Next add peanuts.
- Saute for 3 minutes so that peanuts turn crisp. Then add tamarind water, jaggery and turmeric powder.
- Next salt and cook for 2 minutes. Then add ground coconut masala and continue cooking for few more seconds.
- Next add drained rice flakes and mix gently. Ensure the individual grains are not broken.
- Serve this huli avalakki as breakfast or snack. Tasty and delicious.
Notes
- Soaking time varies with quality of rice flakes. If the flakes are thick and very hard then it takes more time to get soft.
- I soaked the flakes for only 5 minutes as they aren't very hard.
- You can increase the red chillies for more spice. Or add some green chillies to saute.
- Use some coconut to garnish this poha.
- Balance the sweet, spice and sour tastes for perfect huli avalakki.