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    Sweet Poha Recipe / Sweet Coconut Poha Recipe

    July 30, 2014 By Aarthi 7 Comments

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    This is a simple recipe, i have another version of this, where you keep stiring this for quite a long time till it turn caramalized and almost khoya like, we call it as aval varatunathu. This is a simple version and i love it to the core. So try this out and let me know how it turns out for you..

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    Preparation Time : 10 mins
    Cooking Time : 20 to 25 mins
    Serves : 3 to 4

    Ingredients:
    Aval / Poha / Flattened Rice - 2 cups
    Jaggery / Sarkarai - 1 cup grated
    Fresh Coconut - ½ cup grated
    Water - 1 cup
    Dry Ginger Powder / Chukku Podi - 1 tsp
    Cardamom Powder / Yelakai Podi - 1 tsp
    Ghee - 2 tblspn
    Cashewnuts - 2 tblspn
    Raisans / Kishmish - 2 tblspn

    Method:
    Take poha in a bowl, add in 1 cup of water and mix it up. Leave it like this for 10 mins, so the poha will get soft.
    In a kadai, take jaggery and water. Heat it till jaggery is melted. Strain it and add it back to the kadai.
    Add in coconut and mix well. Bring it to boil and simmer it for 5 mins.
    Now add in soaked poha and mix well.
    Add in dry ginger powder and cardamom powder. Mix well. Keep mixing for 5 mins.
    Now heat ghee in a kadai, add in cashews and raisans and fry till golden.
    Pour this over poha and mix well.
    Serve.

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    Sprinkle water over poha and leave it for 10 mins
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    Take jaggery in a kadai and add water

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    heat it melt jaggery

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    strain it
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    this is sweet jaggery water
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    Add it back to kadai

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    Add in some grated coconut

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    Mix it up

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    Bring it to boil and simmer it for 5 mins or so

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    Add in soaked poha

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    mix well, stir it for 5 mins 

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    Add in dry ginger powder and cardamom powder

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    mix well

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    Heat ghee and fry cashews and raisans (i ran out for cashews)

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    fry till golden

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    add it in poha

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    mix and serve

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    Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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    1. Sarah Gul

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      Kindly tell me what is poha and jaggery? Because I couldn't find these in my city. Or tell me what we call these in Urdu. Thanks

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      • kousar

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        hi..

        We say in urdu Gudd for jaggery
        and Chudve for flattened rice

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    2. Aarthi

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      @Sarah Guljaggery is cane sugar and poha is flattened rice.

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    3. Coral crue

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      i just love this so so so much. thank you for this 🙂

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    4. sweety

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      Can v skip coconut??

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    5. Aarthi

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      @sweetyyes u can. but it adds nice taste

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    6. Rk

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      Excellent, all your recipes are just perfect, easy to prepare,with detailed descriptions and photos as well. Thnx

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