Crispy Nuggets with a piping hot cup of tea is the ultimate combo one could enjoy during monsoons. With just a handful of ingredients like poha, potato, onion, capsicum, peas and a handful of spices, you can easily make some delicious nuggets at home. No need to deep-fry and make the snack extra-oily, as these nuggets can be prepared with just 2 tbsp of oil. To make the nuggets crispier, we have dipped them in a cornflour slurry and coated them in breadcrumbs. If you don’t have breadcrumbs, you can skip this step as well. To add a touch of cheesiness to the nuggets, stuff a small piece of cheese in the nuggets before frying them. Pair up the nuggets with tomato ketchup and mint chutney to make them wholesome.
1/3 cup and 2 teaspoon pressed rice
1/4 onion
1 and 1/2 tablespoon peas
1/4 tablespoon cumin powder
red chilli powder as required
salt As required
3/4 tablespoon corn flour
3/4 tablespoon virgin olive oil
3/4 large potato
1/4 capsicum (green pepper)
3/4 tablespoon coriander leaves
1/4 tablespoon dry mango powder
garam masala powder as required
3/4 tablespoon rice flour
1 and 1/2 tablespoon bread crumbs ( serves 3)

Wash the poha
Wash the poha and soak it for a minute. Now drain the excess water and collect the poha in a bowl.

Mash the poha with potato
Add boiled potatoes to a bowl and mash them. Add soaked poha to it and mix well using your hands.

Add veggies
Now add finely chopped onion, capsicum, peas and coriander leaves to it. Again give a good mix.

Add the spices
Now add cumin powder, dry mango powder, red chilli powder, garam masala and salt. Also add rice flour. Use your hands to mix and make a dough.

Make nuggets
Take small portions from the dough and roll them between your hands to make cylindrical nuggets.

Prepare cornflour slurry
In a bowl, add cornflour slurry along with 1/4 cup of water. Mix to make a slurry.

Coat the nuggets
Toss the nuggets in the slurry to coat well and then roll them in the breadcrumbs to coat from all sides.

Shallow fry
Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan. Place the nuggets in the pan and shallow fry until golden brown in colour.

Ready to be served
Your Poha Nuggets are now ready to be served. Pair up with ketchup and mint chutney. Enjoy!