I came to know about this aval kesari/poha kesari from my school friend Swarna. It was very new to me because I’ve tasted kesari made with rava / semiya. When she told about this I found it interesting. I made for my friday pooja . It came out well and tasted excellent. We loved it. Its very simple to do. Try this and let me know ladies !!
INGREDIENTS
- POHA / THICK AVAL – 1/2 cup
- Sugar – 1/2 – 3/4 cup (I used 1/2cup)
- Water – 1.5 cups ( U can replace water with milk too )
- Ghee – 2 -3 tbsp
- Cardamom powder – 1/4 tsp
- Cashews – A few
- Orange-red food color / Kesari color – a pinch
METHOD
- Heat a kadai with a tbsp of ghee and fry the cashews. Remove and set aside.
- Now add the aval/poha in the same kadai and fry till it gets roasted with a nice aroma. U can add another tbsp of ghee while roasting.
- Now grind the roasted poha to a coarse powder like rava. This enhances quick cooking.
- Take the measured water in a bowl by adding food color. Allow it to boil.
- Lower the flame and add the ground poha. Mix without lumps. Cover cook for 10 mins stirring in between.
- Once the poha gets cooked, add sugar and mix well.
- Add a tbsp of ghee at this stage. Mix well.
- Mixture will be a liquid.
- Stir constantly for few minutes adding tsp of ghee at regular intervals ( may be 7 – 8 mins). It will become thick.
- At one stage the kesari becomes non sticky and leaves the sides of the pan.
- Add the roasted cashews and cardamom powder . Mix well and transfer to a bowl .
Serve hot !!
TIPS :
- Here I’ve mentioned the actual ratio given by my friend. So adjust the sugar & water ratio accordingly . Add more ghee while you make for your guests 😉
that looks perfect and yummy..long back i had made from paper thin poha..I should try this one 🙂
I have tasted this in chithra's house,haha – in Thiruvaroor. It was so yumm,i like it too!
Wow interesting idea…looks yummy
wow innovative recipe of pongal.super
Very innovative dish.. looks absolutely delicious:) Loved it..
Reva
Thanks all 🙂
Interesting recipe.. looks very good.. thanks for sharing 🙂
Indian Cuisine
the kesari looks very delicious …
Looks delicious and tempting.
I never knew we cud make yummy kesari out of Poha..i just know Rava kesari:-)What a timing..i hav a bag of poha sitting in my pantry waiting to be opened:-)
Wow i too make this for krishna jayanthi,luks really delicious…
wow…tempting and easy to make aval kesari…Thanks..
very interesting n healthy kesari~~
Very innovative dish.. looks absolutely delicious:)
Looks delicious and flavoursome.
Chitra.
Yummy kesari… Looks nice
Quick recipe…looks delicious and tempting..
very different from the usual payasam we make with aval.Very nice texture and nice clicks
looks very lovely..lovely colour..
Tempting dessert..love the color
Nice and looks yummy….
Very nice and yummy:)
I have some poha lying around in the pantry. I should go make some. Looks awesome!
So yummy !! looks so tempting !!
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This is my fav sweet!! We add saffron though instead of color or even have without the saffron!!
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
looks inviting, a change from regular rawa kesari.
Never had this…looks delicious
yum yum yum!
I am definitely going to give it a try, looks delicious :0
Can eat it all up..Yum.
Kesari looks super irresistible..
This looks like a delicious idea with poha. Very tempting picture!
Aval Kesari luks extremely delious and very innovative and healthy recipe dear.Luv it.