AVAL KESARI
Come July- august, the whole month will be filled with festivities and fasting too.For that we have make some offering to GOD and it is always a tasty affair for me to indulge into making sweets.I always look to it that the offerings made are authentic and well tried at home.No new fancy recipes here.So as I was wondering what to make for this aadi velli i.e. Fridays between July 15th and august 15th the old recipe aval kesari caught my attention.I was looking for something easy to make and which is traditional too and of course tasty.
width:300px; padding:5px 0;">I have vella aval in my blog this one is made with sugar and it’s so easy to make that even in your hurry burry mornings too you can make and offer it to your GOD.As always in fasting eating sweets is permitted,so you can very well make this recipe and relish too.Now for Krishna Janmashtami also you can make this as we all know about KRISHNA and Aval.It is a simple and tasty sweet that follows here…
Prep Time | 30 minutes |
Cook Time | 10 minutes |
Servings |
cup
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- 1 cup Aval / Poha (thick variety)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 3 - 4 tsp ghee
- a few Cashews Raisins and
- 1 pinch cardamom powder
- 1 pinch orange food colour
Ingredients
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- Soak aval/poha in water for half an hour.
- Strain and keep it ready.
- In a small pan add a teaspoon of ghee and fry cashews and raisins and keep them aside for garnishing.
- In the same pan add soaked poha and fry a bit.
- Add water and cook till it softens.
- Once soft add sugar,cardamom powder and food colour.Mix well and let it cook for some time till moisture is absorbed.
- Now add rest of the ghee.
- Add cashews and raisins.
- Tasty Aval Kesari is ready.Enjoy it hot.
Notes
Though I have used thick aval,you can use thin aval too.
Be sure that aval is properly cooked before adding sugar otherwise the poha grains will remain seperate.
You can add different nuts to make it richer.
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