Aval Kesari Recipe | Poha Kesari Recipe | Flattened Rice Kesari

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 

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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

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Aval Kesari Recipe | Poha Kesari Recipe | Flattened Rice Kesari

Course: Festival, Sweet

Cuisine: Indian, South Indian

Equipments Needed

• Mixer Grinder
• Heavy Bottomed Pan

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 180kcal

Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam

Aval Kesari is similar to our conventional Kesari but made using Aval (Poha / Flattened Rice). This Kesari is quick to make with few available ingredients. This can be served as neivedhyam for the Gokhulashtami. This can also be served as a dessert for any festivals /occassions

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Ingredients

• ▢ 1 cup Aval / Poha / Flattened Rice
• ▢ 1 cup Sugar
• ▢ 2 cup Water
• ▢ ¼ tsp Cardamom Powder
• ▢ 6 nos Cashews
• ▢ 6 nos Raisins
• ▢ 2 pinches Orange Food Color (Optional - food color of your choice)
• ▢ 6 tbsp Ghee (Clarified butter)

Instructions 

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  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.
  
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  Take this roasted aval in a mixer.
  
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  Grind it in a mixer. Just give a pulse or two. Let the aval powder be coarse.
  
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  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
  
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  Now add water to the pan and bring it to boil.
  
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  When the water starts to boil, add the roasted aval powder and mix well to avoid lumps.
  
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  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.
  
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  [Optional] Add the food color along with cardamom powder and mix well.
  
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  Keep the flame low and stir the whole mixture nicely. Add ghee at this point and mix well. keep stirring util the kesari becomes a whole mass without sticking to the sides of the pan. Add Cardomom Powdr and mix well
  
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  Add the roasted cashews and raisins and mix well and switch off the flame.
  
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  Mouth-watering Aval Kesari / Poha Kesari / Flattened Rice Kesari is now ready to serve!
  

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Notes

1. You can use either thick or thin Aval / Poha / Flattened Rice. If Aval / Poha / Flattened Rice is very thin, use 1.5 cups of water.
2. You can also use red Aval / Poha / Flattened Rice instead of white.

Nutritional Info

Nutrition Facts

Aval Kesari Recipe | Poha Kesari Recipe | Flattened Rice Kesari

Amount Per Serving (50 g)

Calories 180

% Daily Value*

Carbohydrates 38g13%

Protein 4g8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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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.

• Now, add the roasted cashews and raisins and mix well and switch off the flame.

• Mouth-watering Aval Kesari / Poha Kesari / Flattened Rice Kesari is now ready to serve!

Sowmya Venkatachalam

IT Engineer turned full time Food Blogger. I ♡ FOOD. I also love food blogging. Did you make a recipe? Tag @Subbusktichen on Instagram. I WANNA SEE!