India, April 8 -- Poha is a common snack and breakfast dish in India, and one of the easiest foods to make. However, while preparing poha, one often faces a common issue: poha clumping together and not retaining its texture after being washed.

Taking to Instagram on March 25, celebrity chef and MasterChef India judge Ranveer Brar demonstrated the right way to wash poha before cooking. He suggested using jada poha, the thicker variant of poha, for preparations, not the one used to make chiwda.

According to Ranveer, poha does not need to be soaked like rice, a mistake we commonly make. All it needs is a good wash.

"The biggest mistakes that are made by people who are not familiar with preparing poha are letting poha soak for too long or ...