Dadpe Pohe is a typical Maharashtrian Snack made with thin rice flakes. I have come across many variations of this dish within Maharashtra itself. I am presenting the version I love the most, which is my Mother’s recipe. She makes World’s Best Dadpe Pohe. I am sure many of you feel the same about your mother’s recipes 🙂
Coming to the dish, it requires no cooking. It can be made quickly with few ingredients but tastes heavenly. Many of you must be wondering about the name of this dish. ‘Dadpe Pohe‘ comes from the process of preparing it. ‘Dadapne‘ is a Marathi verb which means putting under pressure. Once all the ingredients are mixed and tempering is done; you need to cover it and put pressure on top. After 15 mins or so, the dish can be served.
- 1 cup Thin Pohe
- 1 Onion finely chopped
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric
- 1/4 cup Buttermilk
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 1/4 cup Coriander leaves finely chopped
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- Salt per taste
- 1/2 tsp Red chili powder
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In a bowl, take pohe without washing. Add chopped onions, salt, sugar, red chili powder. Mix with a spoon.
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Add buttermilk little at a time and mix everything well with hand.
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Heat oil in a small pan. Add mustard seeds. Once they start to crackle, add pinch of asafoetida and turmeric. Switch of the flame. Pour this tempering on the prepared mixture.
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Add chopped coriander leaves and mix well. Keep aside covered by putting some pressure on top.
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Serve Dadpe Pohe after 15 minutes with hot tea.
Step by Step Recipe of Dadpe Pohe:
- We need below ingredients to make this dish.
- In a bowl, take thin pohe (thin rice flakes).
- Add chopped onions, salt, sugar, ginger chili paste and mix well with spoon.
- Sprinkle good amount of buttermilk to soak pohe. Let pohe absorb buttermilk.
- Now heat oil in a small pan. Add mustard seeds. Once they crackle, add asafoetida and turmeric. Switch off the flame.
- Add this tempering to the poha mixture.
- Add chopped coriander leaves and mix everything well by hand.
- Keep a plate and put something on top of it to build the pressure.
- Serve Dadpe Pohe with hot cup of tea.
Notes:
- Remember to use thin rice flakes but never to wash pohe for this dish.
- You can make some variations like add cumin seeds in tempering, skip turmeric, add grated coconut etc.
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