Potato Pohe

I like to have different type of breakfast every morning and I always enjoyed those traditional breakfast dishes which my mum used to make. So now when I have my own family, I make sure to make those dishes even though it requires kinda little more planning and effort compare to Eggs and Bread.

People have their own style of making Pohe like Onion Pohe, Potato Pohe.. In south people use grated coconut in their Pohe dish.. I have tried all different style in the beginning and came with an improvised version which my family enjoys now.

So here is my version of Potato Pohe:

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups Medium to Thick Poha( washed and drained in a hole plate. After sometime add little salt and mix gently)

2 Green chillies slit

2 Onions sliced

1 big Potato boiled and cut in cubes

1 small tomato ( remove the seeds and juice and chop in small pieces)

few Curry leaves

2-3 tsp Peanuts

1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

1/2 tsp Sugar

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder

Salt as per taste

2 tsp Lemon juice

few strands of Coriander leaves chopped

Method

Heat 4 tsp oil in a vessel, add peanuts and let it become crisp, remove and keep it aside. Now in the same oil add mustard seeds and let it splutter. Add curry leaves , green chillies and fry for few seconds. Then add Onion and fry till golden brown. Add turmeric powder and potatoes and mix well. Let it fry for few seconds and then add salt and sugar and  little water(2 tsp) and mix well. Now add Poha, tomato, coriander leaves, fried peanuts and mix well, close the lid of the vessel and let it cook for 2 minutes in slow flame. Mix again and add lemon juice and switch off the flame. Keep it covered for sometime before serving.

Enjoy!!!! :)

Banana Cake

 

 Lets start my blog with something sweet, and what better than the Banana Cake. Its easy, stress free, healthy and delicious. It tastes much better the next day, the only problem is it gets over by then.. Neways here is the recipe,


Ingredients:

230 gms Maida
130 gms Light Brown Sugar(I love the flavour of brown sugar better, but if you don't have, use normal granulated white sugar)
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp cardamom powder( Traditionally Cinnamon Powder is used in making Banana Cake but since my husband is allergic to cinnamon, I use Cardamom powder)
2 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
110 gms melted and cooled butter
3 large Bananas ripened and mashed (I find it easy to mash it with fork).
3/4 cup walnuts

Method:
Before you start with preparation, Preheat your oven at 180 degrees C (350 degrees F).
Grease and flour the baking pan ( i use 8 inch square pan)

Make sure all the ingredients are at room temperature.

Take two bowls, one for dry ingedrients and another one for wet. In one large bowl add maida, sugar, baking pwd, baking soda, cardamom pwd and mix well with a fork.
In another medium bowl, first whisk Eggs together nicely and then add vanilla extract, bananas and butter and beat well for few minutes.
Toast walnuts and chop coarsely, add this to dry ingredients and mix.
Now pour over the wet ingredients in the dry mixture and fold in gently. Dont overmix just fold gently till the dry ingredients gets incorporated in wet. ( The important point is if you over mix the batter, cake will become tough and rubbery)

Now just pour over the batter in the prepared pan and bake it for around 35- 40 minutes. Check whether your cake is done by inserting a toothpick in the centre, if it comes out clean then its done, if not then bake it for another five minutes or till done.

Once the cake is baked, I like to grill the top for say 2 minutes to get that gorgeous golden colour.

Remove the pan from the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and  let it cool again on wire rack for 5 - 10 minutes. Now you can cover it with cling film and it stays good for 2- 3 days at room temperature.