Tomato avalakki recipe | How to make tomato poha
By Latha on May 15th, 2024
Tomato avalakki or poha recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. This is a very easy and tasty avalakki recipe. Tomato avalakki is prepared using thick poha, tomato, onion, cumin, mustard, ginger, curry leaves, red chilli powder, dhaniya powder, garam masala, grated coconut and coriander leaves.
I have made the recipe simpler, however you can get creative and add extra ingredients as per your choice. For example you can add peanuts (shenga) or cashews while tempering. Also you can add 1 or 2 green chillies for extra spiciness. You can add lemon juice at the end if you love super tangy tomato avalakki.
You can find many avalakki or poha recipes on this website. I have also posted bangalore-mysore style gojjavalakki, mangalore style gojjavalakki and malnad style gojjavalakki recipes. These are all very tasty recipes. So kindly have a look.
You can find one more gatti avalakki oggarane recipe, which makes use of onion and tomato. This is a much simpler and bachelor friendly recipe. The complete preparation takes hardly 10 minutes.
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I have made a video on this recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 5 min
Serves: 2
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 2 cups gatti avalakki (or thick poha)
- 4 tomatoes
- 1 large onion
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp chopped ginger
- Few curry leaves
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder (adjust as per taste)
- 1 tsp dhaniya powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1/4 cup grated coconut
- Finely chopped coriander leaves
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- Salt or as per your taste
Instructions for making tomato avalakki or poha:
- To begin with take 4 medium sized tomatoes.
- Grind them into a paste and set it aside.
- Rinse and soak the gatti avalakki or thick poha for 5 mins. Do not soak it, if it is medium thick avalakki.
- Next in a pan heat the oil. Add mustard and cumin seeds.
- Wait until mustard seeds star to splutter. Add chopped ginger and curry leaves.
- Followed by add in chopped onion and fry until translucent.
- Add tomato puree, salt and turmeric powder. Give it a quick mix and boil it until raw smell is gone.
- Next add red chilli powder, coriander powder and garam masala. Give it a quick mix.
- Add the soaked poha. Add the rinsed poha if it is medium thick one.
- Give it a quick mix.
- Close the lid and cook for 2 minutes under low flame.
- Open the lid. Add fresh grated coconut and coriander leaves.
- Mix it well and serve it hot.
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