Huli Avalakki | Gojjavalakki Recipe
Ingredients
- Thick rick flakes poha- 1 cup
- Tamarind- Lemon sized
- Powdered jaggery- 4 tsp
- Puliyogare powder- 2 tsp
- Salt- 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
- Fresh grated coconut- Fistful
- Water- 1/2 cup
Seasoning ingredients
- Cooking oil- 3 tsp
- Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp
- Split black gram lentil- 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves- Few
- Peanuts- Fistful
Instructions
Preparation
- Soak tamarind in 1/4 cup water for 10 minutes. Extract tamarind juice discarding residue and keep it ready. Similarly soak jaggery too in 1/4 cup water for diluting it.
Method
- Clean the thick rice flakes by removing husk if any, add it to mixer jar and make coarse powder. You can run the mixer for about 4 seconds at a stretch, even if it contains few whole flakes doesn't matter.
- Now in a wide bowl or vessel add powdered poha, tamarind extract and diluted jaggery water. Add all the spices like turmeric powder, salt and puliyogare powder. Mix well with your hand and keep it covered for about 15 minutes.
- When you open the lid after 15 minutes, you'll find poha that has absorbed all the water and spices. Give quick mix with your fingers to spice it up evenly. It should be crumbly but moist.
- Heat a heavy bottom wok/kadai adding all the seasoning ingredients in the order mentioned, as the mustard seeds pop up and peanuts are roasted, include the spice-mixed poha from above step. Add grated coconut too and saute for a while. Turn off the stove.
- Yummy and easy breakfast huli avalakki is ready. You can serve it as evening tea time snack too.
Notes
- Poha to water ratio is very important. I have hooked on to 1:0.5 of poha and water. It may slightly vary based on the quality of poha. This water itself is used in soaking tamarind and jaggery.
- If you add more water, you will end up with gooey poha. If you add too less water, then the powdered poha turns too crumbly that it will be difficult to swallow.
- Always ensure that the powdered poha turns fully moist and crumbly after being immersed in tamarind+jaggery water for 15 minutes.
- If you don't have puliyogare powder handy, then you can replace it by rasam powder too.