Vegetable Curd Poha

Vegetable curd poha/aval is a very healthy food. It can be taken as morning breakfast and very filling.

Serves: 1-2 person
Preparation time - 15 minutes
Cooking time - 5 minutes

INGREDIENTS:
Thin Aval(Poha) - 3/4 cup
Plain yogurt or curd - 1 cup
Carrot - 1/2 ( Grated. If you are using small sized carrot, you can use 1 no.)
Cucumber - 1(Grated)
Fresh red/green chilli- 1
Tomatoes - 4 nos.( I used baby tomatoes. If you are using normal tomatoes, use 1/2 tomato)
Salt - As required.
Coriander leaves- For garnishing

SEASONING:
Oil- 2 teaspoon
Mustard-1 tablespoon
Urad dal- 1 tablespoon
Asafoetida powder - As required

METHOD:
1. Wash poha/aval 2 to 3 times. squeeze out all the water, and press it and keep it covered for about 10 minutes.

2. In the meantime, Grate carrot and cucumber. As cucumber is watery, squeeze the shredded cucumber to remove excess water from it. Cut chillies ,tomatoes finely. 

3. Mix all the ingredients(Carrot,cucumber,chilli,poha,tomatoes,salt) with plain yogurt or curd.

4. Now the seasoning part. In a pan, add some oil. Once it gets heated, add mustard. Once it splutters, add urad daal and asafoetida powder.

5. Pour it over the curd poha and mix well.

6. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with tomato ketchup.