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
- 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
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
Poha Kesari with Step by Step Pictures
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Take aval(poha) in a blender..I used red rice poha |
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| Powder them little coarsely |
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| Take them in a bowl |
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| Add some water |
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| Mix well so it is wet and softens |
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| Heat 1 tsp of ghee in a pan |
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| Add in finely chopped cashews and roast |
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| Once they turn golden, remove them to a small bowl |
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| Add another tsp of ghee |
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| Add the soaked poha |
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| fry for a min |
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| Add in sugar |
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| mix mix mix |
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| add a splash of water |
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| cook on medium heat till it gets thick |
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| Now it is getting thick |
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| keep stiring |
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| add in cardamom seeds |
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| another tsp of ghee |
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| fried cashews |
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| mix well |
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| now the kesari is done |
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| serve |
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Anonymous
Very innovative dishes.:-)
Anonymous
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
Anonymous
Can we use white poha instead of Red?
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use white
durga kalyan
Can we use jaggery or honey instead of sugar.
Aarthi
@durga kalyanyou can use jaggery
Anonymous
If we r using white poha,then how can I get d red color ,plz suggest me,thanks.
Anonymous
If using white poha ,how could I get red color,plz suggest me,thanks.
Aarthi
@Anonymousadd little colour powder.
Vijaylaxmi
Today I tried ur poha kersari. It came out well..Have u tried using jaggery. I want to give it at try
Aarthi
@Vijaylaxmiyes u can use jaggery too