Keto poha or Cauliflower Poha recipe is made with cauliflower rice, a fantastic, low-carb, gluten-free, vegetarian Indian keto breakfast dish that can be prepared in under 30 minutes.
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What is Poha?
Traditional Poha is made from flattened rice, a popular breakfast/snack dish in India. It is an easy, delicious, healthy breakfast recipe made with onions, potatoes, and seasonings like chilies, lemon, and curry leaves.
Today I am sharing the keto version of poha made with cauliflower rice. As we all know, cauliflower is a low-carb vegetable and go-to solution for vegetarian keto recipes.
Grate cauliflower florets with the help of a grater or food processor to resemble fine rice.
This is easy to make the recipe at home when you are on Ketogenic Diet (Keto Diet) or a low-carb diet. But, even if you are not following any diet, try this yummy cauliflower poha. I bet you will definitely love this!
OTHER KETO|LOW CARB RECIPES TO TRY FROM MY BLOG Almond Flour Dosa, Cauliflower Soup, Broccoli Spinach Soup, Zucchini Sabzi, Lauki Ki Sabji.
How does Keto Diet work?
The key with any keto diet is to trigger the process called ketosis. It’s actually a process to force your body to utilize the excess fat as energy instead of using any carbohydrates.
On the contrary, the logic should be that anything high in fat, and moderate protein but low in carbs is considered a keto food since that will trigger the ketosis process.
Cauliflower Rice Poha Ingredients
Then gather all the ingredients required to make cauliflower poha.
How to Make Keto Poha|Cauliflower Poha
Firstly separate cauliflower into florets and stalks. Wash thoroughly. Cut the cauliflower stalk into ½-inch cubes to resemble potatoes.
Grate florets with the help of a grater or food processor to resemble fine rice or couscous.
In a large pan, heat 2 tablespoon of ghee (alternatively, you can use one tablespoon of coconut oil with 1 tablespoon of butter instead).
Roast the peanuts till you get nice golden brown color, and set them aside.
In the same frying pan, add mustard seeds once they crackle, add the green chili and curry leaves, and saute for a few seconds.
Next, add in the cauliflower stalks and cook till they are tender.
Add the onions and turmeric, season with some salt, and cook till the onions become soft.
Add in the cauliflower rice, salt, and tablespoon of water, and mix well.
Cover with a lid and cook on medium-low heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in between.
Once the cauliflower is cooked, remove from heat and garnish with roasted peanuts, coriander, and lime juice, mix well.
Serve cauliflower rice poha hot.
The recipe is adapted from here.
Tips & Variations
- You could also just buy cauliflower rice in the frozen section in Costco or Walmart, and other supermarkets. I mostly prepare cauliflower rice at home and refrigerate it for 2-3 days.
- You can also use roasted peanuts from the store.
More Low-Carb Cauliflower Recipes
- Cauliflower Fried Rice
- Cauliflower Coconut Curry
- Coconut Cauliflower Rice
- Cauliflower Curd Rice
- Cauliflower Rice
Other Breakfast Recipes
Keto Poha (Cauliflower Poha)
Ingredients
Measuring cup used 1 cup = 250 ml
- 2 cups cauliflower rice
- 2 tablespoon peanuts (groundnuts)
- ½ cup cauliflower stocks (optional)
- 2 tablespoon ghee or coconut oil or butter(grass fed is better)
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 2 green chilies finely chopped
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 medium onions finely chopped
- salt to taste
- 2 tablespoon cilantro (coriander leaves) for garnish
- 1 teaspoon lime juice
Instructions
- Firstly separate cauliflower into florets and stalks. Wash thoroughly.
- Cut the cauliflower stalk into ½ inch cubes to resemble potatoes.
- Grate florets with the help of a grater or food processor to resemble fine rice or couscous.
- In a large pan, heat 2 tablespoon of ghee (alternatively you can use 1 tablespoon coconut oil with 1 tablespoon butter instead).Roast the peanuts till you get nice golden brown color and set aside.
- In the same frying pan, add mustard seeds once they crackle, add the green chili and curry leaves, and saute for a few seconds.
- Next, add in the cauliflower stalks and cook till they are tender.
- Add the onions and turmeric, season with some salt, and cook till the onions become soft.
- Add in the cauliflower rice, salt, tablespoon of water, and mix well.
- Cover with a lid and cook on medium-low heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in between.
- Once the cauliflower is cooked, remove from heat and garnish with roasted peanuts, coriander, and lime juice, mix well. Serve hot.
Notes
Tips & Variations
- You could also just buy cauliflower rice in the frozen section in Costco or Walmart and other supermarkets. I mostly prepare cauliflower rice at home and refrigerate it for 2-3 days.
- You can also use roasted peanuts from the store.
Nutrition
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anonymous says
Awsome healthy recipe,it turned out great
bhavana says
Thank you
Fitoru Fitness says
The recipes are very flexible and delicious. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this to anyone!
bhavana says
thank you for the kind words.
Ramesh says
It made our day... Wonderful simple recipe
bhavana says
Thank you Ramesh ? I am glad you guys liked the recipe, do keep trying other recipes in the blog & drop in a comment when you like something very much ?
Priya Dogra says
Hi Bhavana, I,m glad you have shared some great tips keto diet recipes.
I keep doing similar things as you do. I have made recipes thank contain Cauliflower such as tandoori Cauliflower -Gobhi Mussallam, cauliflower Cakes. Keep going.
bhavana says
Its very nice to hear from you Priya.I usually do tandoori gobi at home..but havnt tried Gobhi Mussallam,thanks for the suggestions,will try them soon.
Kiran Patel says
I and my wife recently started Keto diet. Your recipes will satisfy our craving for traditional Indian foods without breaking our diet. You are awesome. Thank-you very much for taking the time and posting these recipes.
Bhavana Patil says
You're absolutely welcome Kiran 🙂 The main reason behind Keto Indian Recipes was to come up with recipes which follow Keto diet plan, yet not make me miss my favorite traditional Indian recipes. So I am super happy that you found it useful 🙂 Do try these recipes & share your feedback 🙂
Michelle says
Yum so delicious THANKYOU for your dedication
Bhavana Patil says
Thank you so much, Michelle 🙂 Glad you are finding these recipes helpful, appreciate your kind words 🙂