AVAL KESARI

 

 

Come July- august, the whole month will be filled with festivities and fasting too.For that we have make some offering to GOD and it is always a tasty affair for me to indulge into making sweets.I always look to it that the offerings made are authentic and well tried at home.No new fancy recipes here.So as I was wondering what to make for this aadi velli i.e. fridays between july 15th and august 15th the old recipe  aval kesari caught my attention.I was looking for something easy to make and which is traditional too and ofcourse tasty.
I have vella aval in my blog this one is made with sugar and it’s so easy to make that even in your hurry burry mornings too you can make and offer it to your GOD.As always in fasting eating sweets is permitted,so you can very well make this recipe and relish too.Now for Krishna Janmashtami  also you can make this as we all know about KRISHNA and Aval.It is a simple and tasty sweet that follows here…

INGREDIENTS

Aval/Poha(thick variety)	1 cup
Sugar	1 cup
Water	1 cup
Ghee	3-4 tsp
Cashews and raisins	a few
Cardamom powder	a pinch
Orange food colour	a pinc

HOW TO MAKE

• Soak aval/poha in water for half an hour.Strain and keep it ready.
  
  
• In a small pan add a teaspoon of ghee and fry cashews and raisins and keep them aside for garnishing.In the same pan add soaked aval/poha and fry a bit.Add water now and let it cook till it becomes soft and tender.
  
  
  
  
• Once soft add sugar,cardamom powder and food colour.Mix well and let it cook for some time till moisture is absorbed.Now add rest of the ghee.Garnish with cashews and raisins.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Tasty Aval kesari is ready.Enjoy it hot.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Notes
  1.Though I have used thick aval,you can use thin aval too.
  2.Be sure that aval is properly cooked before adding sugar otherwise aval grains will remain separate.
  3.You can add different nuts to make it richer.

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