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    Home » Breakfast Recipes » Traditional Indian Breakfast Recipes » Poha Khichu/Aval Khichu -Gujarati Snack

    Poha Khichu/Aval Khichu -Gujarati Snack

    Oct 21, 2013 · Modified: Dec 21, 2020 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

    I have this Non-fried Snacks Cookbook from Tarla Dalal, since 3 years and i would have cooked maximum ¾ recipes from it. So, for this week’s Cook from Cookbook Challenge, i chose to make this Quick to make Khichu from that book. 
    Khichu is a simple Gujarati snack made of Rice flakes cooked with spices. You can even make the khichu ahead of time and steam it for 4 to 5 minutes just before serving. Khichu can even be made with Rice flour. It takes maximum 10 minutes to make this delicious snack. 
    The original recipe doesn’t include Coconut, coriander powder and ghee. I have adjusted the recipe to s uit out taste-buds, since i was making this for Bala and Kuttu, i wanted it tobe more kid-pleasing in taste.
    Ingredients
    1 Cup Poha/Aval/Rice Flakes
    1.5 Cups Water
    ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds/Jeera
    1-2 tablespoon Coconut, Fresh/Dessicated (optional, not in original recipe)
    ¼ teaspoon Red Chili Powder
    ½ teaspoon Coriander Powder (optional, not in original recpipe)
    2 pinches of Baking soda
    2 tablespoon of ghee/Gingely oil
    Salt to taste
    Fresh Coriander for garnishing

    Method
    • Take Poha/Rice Flakes in a mixer and Grind it to a coarse powder. It shouldn’t be fine powder, should resemble rawa/sooji/semolina in texture.
    • Bring Water to a boil, add red chili powder, coriander powder, salt, cumin, coconut and baking soda. 
    • Simmer the boiling water and add the coarsely ground poha/rice flakes to it and mix well. Poha/Rice Flakes will absorb all the water and will come as a mass. Add a tablespoon of ghee, close and cook for 2 minutes. 
    • Take it off the flame. While it is still warm, shape them into balls. I used my ice-cream scoop for shaping. Place it on a serving plate, make a small dent, pour some ghee into it, garnish with coriander leaves and serve immediately.
    • It can be served as such or with little tomato sauce or Mint chutney. A Good evening snack for kids and toddlers.

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    Comments

    1. Srivalli

      October 21, 2013 at 10:11 am

      Priya, that's totally new for me. I don't remember reading about this dish..sounds very different and I wonder if I can try this for my kids..very nice idea about using scooper..:)

      Reply
    2. Priya Suresh

      October 21, 2013 at 12:10 pm

      Very different and quite an new dish for me.. Love this kind of steamed snacks.

      Reply
    3. Padmajha

      October 21, 2013 at 1:04 pm

      I too have this book but don't think I made anything from it!Must try soon. Indeed this is a super snack 🙂

      Reply
    4. virunthu unna vaanga

      October 21, 2013 at 1:14 pm

      very interesting and yummy…

      Reply
    5. Unknown

      October 21, 2013 at 1:30 pm

      wow very very delicious khichu 🙂 looks so yummy !! and so perfectly made 🙂

      Reply
    6. Unknown

      October 21, 2013 at 3:34 pm

      such a unique recipe 🙂 looks delish

      Reply
    7. Chef Mireille

      October 21, 2013 at 4:46 pm

      what a healthy snack by steaming

      Reply
    8. Janani

      October 21, 2013 at 5:25 pm

      oh nice very different nice dish.

      Reply
    9. Vinitha

      October 21, 2013 at 9:26 pm

      Interesting use of poha and seems ideal for little ones

      Reply
    10. Pavani

      October 22, 2013 at 2:46 am

      Very very interesting and new dish for me.. looks delicious.

      Reply
    11. Unknown

      October 22, 2013 at 9:47 am

      Delicious Khichu……

      Reply
    12. cookingwithsapana

      October 23, 2013 at 6:48 am

      Very interesting and healthy snack …

      Reply
    13. Harini R

      October 28, 2013 at 3:18 am

      Very interesting Priya. Shall try it for the kids.

      Reply
    14. MySpicyKitchen

      October 29, 2013 at 1:43 am

      Interesting recipe!

      Reply
    15. Sandhya Ramakrishnan

      October 30, 2013 at 3:05 am

      Lovely recipe! Bookmarking this 🙂

      Reply
    16. veena

      October 30, 2013 at 1:23 pm

      This is totally new to me…looks yumm..bookmarking!!

      Reply

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