Aloo Poha Recipe

Gujarati aloo chilli poha | Batata poha | Savory flattened rice-chiwda-choora-aval recipe for Breakfast | No onion garlic recipe
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Recipe / food styling / photography by - Sunayana Gupta





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Aloo Poha makes for a wholesome and delicious Breakfast recipe to accompany your morning cup of tea, juice or shake. This recipe of Gujarati Aloo Poha has a beautiful medley of savory, tangy, mild spicy and sweet flavors that you can cook in a blink of an eye.

One peculiar thing about this Gujarati Poha is that it uses chopped green chilli instead of red chilli powder alongwith a hint of sugar and is served with a generous sqeeze of lime juice, freshly chopped coriander and sev/farsaan. This version is so popular that it is ofen served in Canteens and Street stalls and people love relishing it with tea and Khatti Chutney.

This is a No Onion Garlic Recipe, hence the moistness that usually comes from onions in a regular poha dish, here it comes from boiled potatoes. Some people prefer cooking diced potatoes and then adding it to poha, but keeping things simple we are making this dish with pre boiled potatoes. This speeds up the process as you can boil potatoes a day before and use it next morning to make this wonderful breakfast bowl.

Poha is an all time favorite dish of many as it is easy to cook and makes mornings easier. That is why probably it is the most sought after Breakfast for rushed mornings. Having Poha regularly can also prevents you from Iron deficiency as every 100 gms. of raw poha contains about 25 mg. of Iron.

There are enormous ways to cook Poha like the Banarsi Choora Matar from Uttar Pradesh & Bihar that is especially made in winters with seasonal peas and tomatoes. Indori Poha from Jharkhand is cooked with lots of onion, chilli and peanuts hence it has a wonderful crunch in every bite. One can also make Poha Pulao for Main Course with assorted veggies, ginger, garlic and freshly pounded spices. Besides these savory dishes Poha Kheer or Payasam is a rich and drooling Dessert that one can make instantly with much of preparations. We also share recipe of amazing Farsaan with Poha I.e. Poha Namkeen that makes a crisp and drooling snack for Tea Time.



Gujarati style of serving Aloo Poha -

Let us share with you how Aloo Poha is served typical Gujarati style. Transfer cooked Aloo Poha in serving bowls, sqeeze some lime juice, sprinkle little amount of Chaat Masala and top with chopped coriander. Complete your dish with a final topping of sev or farsaan.

Brekfast Menu with Aloo Poha -

For a quick and nutritious Breakfast or Evening Snack serve Aloo Poha with Cutting Chai and Dhaniya Pudina Chutney. You can also team it with Banana Smoothie or Turmeric Milk.

For more recipes from Gujarati Cuisine see our below recipes -

Kutchi Dabeli Recipe

Palak Thepla Recipe

Methi Khakhra Recipe

Gujarati Sweet Dal Recipe

Tomato Gathiya Nu Shaak Recipe



Aloo Poha

Aloo Poha makes for a wholesome and delicious Breakfast recipe to accompany your morning cup of tea, juice or shake. This recipe of Gujarati Aloo Poha has a beautiful medley of savory, tangy, mild spicy and sweet flavors that you can cook in a blink of an eye.

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Servings : 2 servings

Author : Sunayana Gupta

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Recipe Ingredients

  • Poha (Chiwda/Choora/Aval) - 1 cup
  • Potato (Boiled/Peeled/Diced in cubes) - 1 medium
  • Curry leaves - 8-10
  • Green chilli (Finely chopped) - 1 teaspoon or To taste
  • Asafoetida (Hing) - A pinch or two
  • Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
  • Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
  • Cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
  • Dry red chilli - 1 broken
  • Salt - To taste
  • Sugar - 1/2 teaspoon
  • Oil - 1 tablespoon

To Serve - 

  • Lime juice
  • Freshly chopped coriander
  • Sev/Farsaan

How to make Aloo Poha

Making of Aloo Poha is really easy. To begin with making this recipe, wash poha in a strainer and keep aside for 10 minutes. The reason for using poha in a Strainer is that after washing we want all the excess water to get away otherwise it would make poha soggy.

  1. After resting, you would notice that poha has swelled up and become double in size.
  2. Now heat oil in a pan and add in cumin seeds, mustard seeds, dry red chilli, curry leaves and hing. Let the spices crakle.
  3. To this add potato cubes and saute for a minute. Also add in turmeric powder, green chilli and washed poha.
  4. Season with salt, sugar and give a nice stir. Let it cook for 3-4 minutes so that all the flavors can come together.
  5. Remove from heat and serve as per our Serving Suggestions given above.

Note -

Add some fried or roasted Peanuts to poha before serving. This would give it a wonderful crunch in every bite that goes very well with tea.





  • Name
  • Aloo Poha Recipe
  • Sub name
  • Gujarati aloo chilli poha | Batata poha | Savory flattened rice-chiwda-choora-aval recipe for Breakfast | No onion garlic recipe
  • Category
  • Breakfast
  • Cuisine
  • Gujarati
  • Key ingredients
  • Poha (Rice flakes), boiled potato
  • Cooking technique
  • Cooking on gas top
  • Taste
  • Mild spicy, tangy and slight sweet
  • Texture
  • Soft
  • Servings
  • 2
  • Equipment used
  • Strainer & pan
  • Steps
  • 0
  • Created date
  • 2018-09-21 12:52:26