Poha Biriyani

Poha Biriyani
Poha or Aval as it isknown in Tamil is one of my favourite dishes, since it is very quick to make. I simply like to have it any time of the day: breakfast, lunch or dinner.... This is one interesting mix of biriyani and poha. I wanted to have biriyani that day but was too lazy to go about making it by its eloborate procedure. so i substituted rice with poha and got a simplified version which tastes quite similar.
Hope you guys like it.

Ingredients:

Poha 1 cup

Beans, Carrot, cauliflower, cabbage,Peas

(chopped into small pieces) 1 cup

Onion (cut into slices) 2 nos

Tomato (chopped into small pieces) 2 nos

Green chillies (finely chopped) 3 nos

Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp

Cardamom 2 nos

Cloves 2 nos

Bay leaf 1 no.

Cinnamon 1 inch stick

Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil 1 tbsp

jeera 1 tsp

Groundnut (roasted and crushed roughly) 3 tbsp

Method of preparation:

1. Soak the poha in water and drain the water and let it dry. This depends on whether oyu have thick or thin poha. If you have thick let it soak for 5-10 mins before draining the water. If you have the thin varietysoak it and drain it immediately.
2. Add salt to the poha and mix it well. Let it remain till themasala is ready.
3. Heat oil in a kadai. Add jeera, cardamom, cloves, bay leaf, cinnamon stick. Then add the ginger garlic paste, green chillies. let it fry well. Now add the onion. Fry till it becomes transparent.
4. Add tomatoes and fry till it turns pulpy. Now add all the vegetables one by one and fry them. Add turmeric powder and part of the salt.If required sprinkle some water and cover it and cook.

5. Once the vegetables have cooked and there is no water left in the kadai, add the poha little by little and mix gently.

6. Finally add the crushed groundnut and garnish with coriander. serve hot with raita or simply curd.
Note:
You can add some red chilly powder and garam masal powder if you want extra spice.