Title: Savory Flaked Rice
Categories: Side Ethnic Vegan
Yield: 8 Servings

3	tb	Vegetable oil
1	ts	Mustard seed
1/4	ts	Asafetida
1	sm	Dried red chili; halved
1		Serrano chili; minced
1	ts	Ground cumin
1	ts	Dried curry leaves
1/2	ts	Minced fresh ginger
6		Whole black peppercorns
3		Whole cloves
3/4	c	Chopped onion
3/4	c	Diced boiling potato
3/4	ts	Ground turmeric
3/4	c	Frozen peas; thawed
1 1/2	ts	Salt
1	ts	Sugar
1/4	c	Fresh lemon or lime juice
2	c	Poha (thick flaked rice)
1/3	c	Chopped cilantro
2	tb	Unsweetened grated coconut

In a heavy large saucepan, heat oil over high heat. Add mustard seeds and cover immediately. When seeds stop popping, add asafetida. Immediately reduce heat to medium. Add chilies, cumin, curry leaves, ginger, peppercorns and cloves and stir 1 minute. Reduce heat to medium. Add onion and cook until soft and translucent, stirring frequently, about 8 minutes. Add potato and turmeric. Cover and cook until potato is almost tender, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Add peas. Cover and cook 5 minutes.

Combine salt, sugar and juice. Stir until salt and sugar are dissolved. In a colander, rinse poha under cold water. Place poha, juice mixture, cilantro and coconut in a saucepan and stir gently, being careful not to break rice flakes. Transfer to platter and serve.

Adapted from: Suneeta Vaswani's recipe in Bon Appetit (February 1987) Typed for you by Karen Mintzias

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