Aval Puttu Recipe | HungryForever

Aval Puttu is a delicious sweet snack and is prepared during Krishana Jayanthi festival. This dish is very easy to cook . 

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup Aval Poha
• 1/2 cup jaggery
• 2 tbsp Coconut
• 6 cashews broken
• 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
• 21/2 tsp ghee
• Salt to taste
• Water for jaggery syrup

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Dry roast poha for 3mins until nice aroma wafts.Add 1/2 tsp ghee and fry the cashews and set aside.Cool down and grind in mixer to a fine rava mixture.Collect it in a mixing bowl, mix salt, mix well and keep aside.
2. Sprinkle little water, mix well add water little by little till the mixture holds together when you press with it with your palms.Set aside for 10mins.
3. Meanwhile take your jaggery and add 1/2 cup water to it and mix well.Strain to remove impurities.Now take the strained jaggery mixture in a pan and heat it up till it becomes thick.
4. Keep water in a plate to check the consistency.When you pour a drop of the jaggery syrup in water it should not get dissolved, in the first pic you can see that it gets dissolved so keep boiling got few more mins until you reach a consistency when a drop is poured it should not get dissolved, it should form a soft ball.This is the correct consitency.
5. Now keep in low flame add cardamom powder then powdered aval mixture and mix well.
6. Sprinkle little water and cook covered for 2mins until its fluffy and the aval is cooked to soft.Add grated coconut and cashews.Mix well.Finally garnish with ghee, fluff it up and switch off.

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Aval Kesari Recipe

Aval kesari or sheera or whatever be its name, it is the easiest yet tastiest sweet commonly prepared at all households across India.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup poha/aval/beaten rice
• 2-1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cardamom powder
• pinch Aof salt optional
• 2 tablespoons ghee
• 6 to 7 cashews

INSTRUCTIONS

1. To begin making the Aval Kesari recipe, in a wok/kadai, add aval and dry roast for about 5 minutes. Ensure the aval turns light brown but not burnt
2. Cool the roasted aval and grind into a powder similar to the consistency of rava.
3. Meanwhile, add water in a small pot and bring it to boil
4. Heat a pan and add a tablespoon of ghee.
5. Once the ghee melts, add powdered aval and combine them well.
6. Add boiling water slowly to the aval stirring it continuously and cook over low flame. Once the aval is cooked, it won’t stick to the bottom of the pan.
7. If the aval is touched with wet hands, it won’t stick to your hand. This ensures complete cooking of aval.
8. Add sugar to the rava and cook until the sugar dissolves completely.
9. Finally, add ghee and roasted cashews to the Kesari and remove from the flame.
10. Serve Aval Kesari during the festivals along with Masala Vada on the sides for your guests.

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