Gopalkala is nothing but dahi poha - aval/ flattened rice/ beaten rice mixed with curd (plain yogurt), cucumber and tempered with ghee.

You can make Dahi poha as a light breakfast dinner or snack and even as prasad for Janmashtami.
Check out my poha upma recipe and Tomato poha recipe in this website.
Jump to:
When I was looking for posting easy Janmashtami special recipes, I found this interesting recipe while I image searched for Janmashtami prasad and adapted the recipe from here.
Dahi means plain yogurt and poha means flattened rice.
I tried it in less quantity and loved it a lot. With cucumber and ghee tempered jeera, ghee, it was really flavorful.
This can be made in a jiffy with less effort, even if you are a office goer, you can come back from office in the evening and make it for offering baby Krishna. Enjoy this prasad with your family members.
Step by step photos
1. Wash and drain poha. No water should be retained. Place it in a mixing bowl.
2. Add curd, cucumber, salt and sugar. Mix well. Temper with the items given under 'to temper' table.
3. Add the temper to poha, add coconut and mix.
I liked to have it chilled. Flavorful and yummy prasad Gopalkala (Dahi poha) for Janmashtami.
Recipe card
Gopalkala | Dahi poha
Ingredients
- ½ cup Poha rice flakes - heaped
- ¼ cup Curd plain yogurt
- ¼ cup cucumber Finely chopped
- 2 tablespoon Grated coconut
- 1 pinch Sugar
- Salt
To temper
- 1 teaspoon Ghee
- ½ teaspoon Jeera cumin seeds
- 1 Green chilli
- 1 teaspoon Ginger Finely chopped
Instructions
- Wash and drain poha. No water should be retained. Place it in a mixing bowl.
- Add curd, cucumber, salt and sugar. Mix well.
- Temper with the items given under 'to temper' table.
- Add the temper to poha, add coconut and mix.
Video
Notes
- Adjust curd as per the required consistency.
shana rosh
woww!!! simpl nd neat... i love the pictures sista.. followng uva recipes fa a long tym...
Najma Rahman
Looks awesome I will surely try
Journey Through Eternity
This comment has been removed by the author.
Journey Through Eternity
It is something that we used to make it in schools (everybody would bring some ingredient), one more important component of the gopalkala was aged lemon pickle which was very dark in color. It would actually be mixed in gopalkala, fantastic and humble treat, and a community event for me!
Leena Chandrashekar
Looks divine ...nice name though.
Mahalakshmi
Yes..looking divine... very easy too...
Mahalakshmi
Yes..looking divine... very easy too...