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Kesari, a beloved sweet treat, graces Indian households on various occasions, be it festivals or gatherings. While we often prepare Kesari using Rava/Sooji, there's another delightful variety worth exploring – Aval Kesari. This version, made with Poha (flattened rice), is not only incredibly easy to whip up but also exceptionally tasty.

Poha, a staple in many Indian kitchens, proves to be a versatile ingredient. It can seamlessly replace rice or sooji in a wide range of recipes. Known for its lightness and ease of digestion, Poha is a common choice for fasting (Vrat) days as well.

Aval Kesari brings a refreshing twist to the traditional Rava Kesari, offering a unique and delectable flavor profile. Consider adding this delightful Poha Kesari to your festive menu, such as for Krishna Jayanthi, to infuse a touch of novelty into your celebrations.

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Tips for making Poha Kesari:

Use thick poha for this kesari.
We can use either white poha or Red poha for this kesari.
Ghee roast the poha in low flame for 2 mins. Do not keep the flame high, poha might get burnt.
Grind the roasted poha to coarse powder instead of smooth powder to get a nice texture.
The ratio of Poha : water : sugar is 1:2:1. Follow this ratio for perfect texture of kesari.
We can use white or brown sugar.
Adding food color is optional we can exclude food color and use saffron threads instead.
Increase the quantity of ghee if you need more ghee dripping kesari.

If you like this Aval Kesari, then you can also try other easy Poha (Aval) Recipes

Sweet Aval Recipe / Aval Jaggery Recipe / Sweet Poha Recipe - Sweet Poha, Very simple, yet traditional offering on the auspicious day if Krishna Jayanthi / Gokulashtami. We make lots of different prasad for Krishna Jayanthi but this simple Sweet Aval is alwayas favorite for Sri Krishna.
Poha Upma Recipe - Aval(flattened rice) is one of the common ingredient in our pantry. Cooking recipes with aval are so easy because we don't need to cook aval separately. We just need to wash aval couple of times till it becomes soft and then toss it with other ingredients.
Sweet Aval Puttu- Aval is one of the favorite food for Lord Krishna. Aval Puttu is one of the simple sweet that we can make for an offering to Lord Krishna. Aval Puttu is made using Aval (Poha), Jaggery and grated coconut and seasoned with cashews.

Recipe Card for making Aval Kesari

Instructions with step by step Pictures:

Heat a pan and add the aval and dry roast it for couple of minutes. Do not roast it for a long time, it may get burnt.

Take this roasted aval in a mixer.

Grind it in a mixer. Just give a pulse or two. Let the aval powder be coarse.

Heat a pan and add 1 teaspoon of ghee and add the broken cashews and raisins and fry them in ghee. Do not make the cashews so brown. Take the cashews aside in a plate.

Now add water to the pan and bring it to boil.

When the water starts to boil, add the roasted aval powder and mix well to avoid lumps.

When the aval is cooked completely and water is absorbed fully, add sugar to the pan and mix well. Adding sugar makes the mixture diluted. Don’t worry about that, Stir continuously.

[Optional] Add the food color along with cardamom powder and mix well.

Keep the flame low and stir the whole mixture nicely. Add ghee at this point and mix well. keep stirring until the kesari becomes a whole mass without sticking to the sides of the pan. Next, add Cardomom Powder and mix well.