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    Aval Kesari Recipe | Poha Kesari Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Poha is called as flattened rice. Kesari made using poha instead of sooji is a different take on a traditional dessert.

    Aval Kesari Recipe

    I have made and posted so many variations of kesari in this blog. So far i have made rava kesari, rava milk kesari, pineapple kesari and semiya kesari and I have a post for fruit kesari coming very soon. These shows my love for kesari. I love adding fruits in my kesari too.

    But never thought of making a kesari with aval/poha. Krishna jayanthy is around the corner, so when i was looking for new recipes to post in this week. I came across this kesari. So i took the concept from that and made as per my taste and recipe.

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    The end result was fabulous and this took me very less time, say under 15 mins from start to finish and you don't need much ghee to make this.  It is really healthy one too.

    Table of Contents

    • How to Make Aval Kesari 
    • 📖 Recipe Card
    • Aval Kesari Recipe | Poha Kesari Recipe
    • Poha Kesari with Step by Step Pictures

    How to Make Aval Kesari 

    • Take poha in a mixer and powder them coarsely. Take them in a bowl, add in ½ cup of water and mix well.
    • In a non stick pan, add in 1 tsp of ghee and fry the cashews. Remove them to a bowl.
    • Add another 1 tsp of ghee and add the poha. Fry this for a min.
    • Add in sugar and ½ cup of water. Mix well. the sugar will melt. keep stiring on high heat for 8 to 10 mins.
    • The mix will thickens and the colour will darkens.
    • Now add in cardamom powder, fried cashews and another tsp of ghee.
    • Mix well. It will leave the sides of pan.
    • Now remove them and serve.
     
     
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    Aval Kesari Recipe | Poha Kesari Recipe

    Poha is called as flattened rice. Kesari made using poha instead of sooji is a different take on a traditional dessert.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time: 2 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 17 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 180kcal

    Ingredients

    • Aval / Poha - 1 cup
    • Sugar - ½ cup
    • Water - ½ cup +½ cup
    • Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp
    • Cashews - 2 tblspn finely chopped
    • Ghee - 1 tblspn

    Instructions

    • Take poha in a mixer and powder them coarsely. Take them in a bowl, add in ½ cup of water and mix well.
    • In a non stick pan, add in 1 tsp of ghee and fry the cashews. Remove them to a bowl.
    • Add another 1 tsp of ghee and add the poha. Fry this for a min.
    • Add in sugar and ½ cup of water. Mix well. the sugar will melt. keep stiring on high heat for 8 to 10 mins.
    • The mix will thickens and the colour will darkens.
    • Now add in cardamom powder, fried cashews and another tsp of ghee.
    • Mix well. It will leave the sides of pan.
    • Now remove them and serve.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1serving | Calories: 180kcal
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    Poha Kesari with Step by Step Pictures

     
    Take all your ingredients

     

    Take aval(poha) in a blender..I used red rice poha

     

    Powder them little coarsely

     

    Take them in a bowl

     

    Add some water

     

    Mix well so it is wet and softens

     

    Heat 1 tsp of ghee in a pan

     

    Add in finely chopped cashews and roast

     

    Once they turn golden, remove them to a small bowl

     

    Add another tsp of ghee

     

    Add the soaked poha

     

    fry for a min

     

    Add in sugar

     

    mix mix mix

     

    add a splash of water

     

    cook on medium heat till it gets thick

     

    Now it is getting thick

     

    keep stiring

     

    add in cardamom seeds

     

    another tsp of ghee

     

    fried cashews

     

    mix well

     

    now the kesari is done

     

    serve

     

     

    Related Recipes

    • Mango Kesari Recipe(Mango Sheera)
    • Pineapple Kesari Recipe
    • Milk Kesari Recipe
    • Meethi Seviyan Recipe / Sweet Vermicelli Recipe
    • Apple Sheera Recipe - Apple Sooji Kesari Recipe
    • Semiya Kesari / Vermicelli Kesari

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      Very innovative dishes.:-)

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    2. Anonymous

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      I'm a very big fan of ur recipes I've learn many thng frm u ur every recipe r amazing thx for sharing your recipes with us

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    3. Anonymous

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      Can we use white poha instead of Red?

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    4. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousyes u can use white

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    5. durga kalyan

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      Can we use jaggery or honey instead of sugar.

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    6. Aarthi

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      @durga kalyanyou can use jaggery

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    7. Anonymous

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      If we r using white poha,then how can I get d red color ,plz suggest me,thanks.

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    8. Anonymous

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      If using white poha ,how could I get red color,plz suggest me,thanks.

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    9. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousadd little colour powder.

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    10. Vijaylaxmi

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      Today I tried ur poha kersari. It came out well..Have u tried using jaggery. I want to give it at try

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    11. Aarthi

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      @Vijaylaxmiyes u can use jaggery too

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