Indori Poha

This is a must try place if you like Indori style poha, which has a distinct sweet,sour and spicy taste. The pohas here are cooked Indori style and topped up with diced onions, coriander, ratlami sev & jeeravan masala and served with a slice of lime. Poha is one of the most selling items of this joint and you get it till about 2:00 pm.

For those who are new to Indori Poha – Unlike normal poha, Indori poha is not cooked but steamed. It is a very popular street food in Madhya Pradesh (specially Indore/Gwalior/ Ujjain/ Bhopal/ Ratlam) and is eaten along with Jalebi which balances the overall taste. Indori poha has a distinct sweet, sour and spicy taste. Thick poha (Jada Poha) is washed in water and then tempered with spices and mixed thoroughly. One of the important ingrediants in the spices which gives a very distinctive taste is is fennel seeds (saunf). After tempering and mixing, poha is kept in a container/kadhai over a pan of boiling water – this keeps it warm/steamed for a long duration of time. Sometimes small amount of milk is sprinkled which keeps the poha moist and soft for longer duration. At the time of serving, poha is garnished with onion (optional), coriander, ratlami sev, charkhi boondi, pomegranate (optional), roasted peanuts (optional), boiled/cooked peas (optional), Jeeravan masala and bit of lime juice. Jeeravan Masala is another speciality of Indore and gives a distinctive spicy taste to Indori poha.