A must have dish, mosaru avalakki for Shri Krishna Janmashtami along with some some fresh butter churned up for ‘muddu’ (beloved) Shri Krishna. Fun snacks offered are such as kodubale, benne muruku, chakli, kobbri mithai, 7 Cups barfi, kalakand. But the most simple and humble dish required on the day is ‘mosaru avalakki’ or dahi poha.
You can choose to add some simple tadka/vaggarne ingredients to make it extra tasty. But in general you can even it keep it plain and quickly mix this up. After eating oily snacks a few spoonfuls of this mosaru avalakki is indeed cooling. So as I mentioned, ignore ‘For Tadka’ ingredients mentioned in the recipe and just follow the simple steps to mix poha with curd.
It’s best to choose thin variety(not paper) of avalakki/poha/flattened rice for this so it absorbs the right amount of moisture to become soft. Medium variety can also be used but will require more time and curd to make it soft. Try more poha recipes from FOI, avalakki bisi bele bhaat being a favourite.
- 1½ Cup thin or medium avalakki/poha/flattened rice
- 1 Cup yogurt/curd + extra as required
- Salt to taste
- Water to wash and soak avalakki/poha/flattened rice
- 2 Tsp oil
- ½ Tsp mustard
- ¼ Tsp jeera
- 1 pinch hing
- 5-6 curry leaves
- 1 Tsp uddina bele/urad dal
- 1 Tsp kadale bele/chana dal
- ½ finely chopped green chilli
- ½ broken red chilli
- ¼ Cup groundnuts
- Chopped coriander
- In a bowl, take the poha
- Pour some water till it is covered, rinse and discard the water, repeat once more
- Now add little water and the poha soak in water
- When it is soaking let's make tadka, heat oil in a small pan
- Add mustard and jeera and let it splutter
- Sprinkle a pinch of hing
- Next keep chilli, curry leaves, urad and chana dal in a plate together
- Add this to the tadka along with a broken red chilli and fry
- When dals turn crisp and golden, add groundnuts and fry
- After the groundnuts turn crisp and are fried well, add chopped coriander and fry, keep aside
- To soaked poha, add salt to taste
- Next add yogurt/curd to the soaked poha, mix very well
- Add tadka and mix well
- Adjust consistency by adding more yogurt/curd
- Serve fresh!
You can also add some milk to adjust consistency and mellow the flavour of yogurt/curd a bit
Skip all tadka ingredients if you want, just mustard tadka will also be nice or even plain
Mosaru Avalakki Stepwise:
In a bowl, take the poha
Pour some water till it is covered, rinse and discard the water, repeat once more
Now add little water and the poha soak in water
When it is soaking let's make tadka, heat oil in a small pan
Add mustard and jeera and let it splutter
Sprinkle a pinch of hing
Next keep chilli, curry leaves, urad and chana dal in a plate together
Add this to the tadka along with a broken red chilli and fry
When dals turn crisp and golden, add groundnuts and fry
After the groundnuts turn crisp and are fried well, add chopped coriander and fry, keep aside
To soaked poha, add salt to taste
Next add yogurt/curd to the soaked poha, mix very well
Add tadka and mix well
Adjust consistency by adding more yogurt/curd
Serve fresh!
