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Dadpe Pohe (Soaked and Pressed Rice Flakes Snack)

Dadpe Pohe is a delicious, lip smacking recipe of uncooked, soaked and pressed poha with lots of fresh vegetables. Dadpe means pressed, and in this recipe,the poha is soaked and pressed for a while and used uncooked.  It is a nice summery treat, very easy to prepare too. Generally, thin puffed rice flakes are used for this recipe. In case, thin variety is unavailable, one can make use of the normal variety too, only soaking and pressing time would increase in that case.

It is poha (puffed rice) soaked in coconut water/curds or a mix of both, and finely chopped onions, tomatoes, grated fresh coconut, carrot and cucumber, salt, sugar, lime to taste n for tempering oil, curry leaves, green chillies, mustard seeds n asafoetida, for garnish -fried groundnuts, chopped coriander.
This dish was never made at my home, I had it at my college-mate's home and I got this recipe from his mother as I had really liked the taste.

Ingredients

Thin Poha/Rice Flakes – 2 cups

Curds/Yoghurt – 1 to 1½ cups

Onion – 1 large (finely chopped)

Tomato – 1 medium (finely chopped)

Grated Fresh Coconut – 2 tablespoons

Salt – As per taste

Sugar - 1½ - 2 teaspoons

Lemon juice – 2 teaspoons

Fresh coriander – 2 tablespoons (Finely Chopped)

Fried Groundnuts – 2 tablespoons

Oil – 2 tablespoons

Asafoetida – 1 pinch

Mustard Seeds – 1 teaspoon

Curry Leaves – 14-15

Green Chillies – 2-3 nos

Cumin Seeds (optional) – ½ teaspoon

Carrot – 2 tablespoons (grated)

Cucumber – 2 tablespoons (grated)

Method

Clean the Poha/rice flakes well by straining through a strainer. Add curds, salt, sugar, lemon juice to the poha and keep it pressed for about half hour in a vessel by covering with a plate with weight placed on it. Add finely chopped onion, tomato, grated coconut, fried groundnuts, chopped coriander leaves, optional vegetables like grated carrot and cucumber and mix well.

For tempering, heat oil in a vessel. Add mustard and cumin seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves, chopped green chillies, allow the mustard to splutter well and add to the prepared poha mixture. Give a good stir so that the tempering mixes well with the poha mixture. Dadpe Pohe are ready to be served.