Gopalkala recipe | Dahi poha | Easy Janmashtami recipes

Gopalkala or Dahi poha is an easy Maharashtrian traditional dish you can make for Janmashtami as prasad. It is prepared with beaten rice (poha), curd (plain yoghurt) as main ingredients.

You can make Dahi poha as a light breakfast dinner or snack but primarily prepared and enjoyed during Janmashtami.

Check out my traditional South Indian curd rice recipe and poha upma recipe in this website.

About Gopalkala

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 this recipe.

Dahi means plain yogurt and poha means flattened rice. Gopalkala is a traditional Maharashtrian recipe that combines beaten rice (poha), yogurt, and a medley of flavors and textures.

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 firstly. No water should be retained.

2. After that, place it in a mixing bowl. Then add curd, cucumber, salt, sugar and mix well. After that, temper with the items given under 'to temper' table.

4. Finally, add the temperings to poha, add coconut and mix.

I liked to have it chilled. Flavorful and yummy prasad Gopalkala (Dahi poha) for Janmashtami.

Top tips

• Use thick aval for the texture to be retained.
• You can add other ingredients like pomegranate or the ingredients we use in a south Indian curd rice.
• Use vegan curd in place of dairy curd for vegan version.

In the video below, I have also shared a delicious & easy South Indian style Jaggery poha Vella aval recipe. It makes a wonderful combo and prasad for the festival or as a quick snack too.

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Gopalkala | Dahi poha

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

Course Snack

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 2 minutes minutes

Author Raks Anand

Cup measurements

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 firstly. No water should be retained.
• After that, place it in a mixing bowl.
• Then add curd, cucumber, salt, sugar and mix well.
• After that, temper with the items given under 'to temper' table.
• Finally, add the temperings to poha, add coconut and mix.

Video

Notes

• Adjust curd as per the required consistency.

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