Aval Payasam-Aval Payasam Recipe with Jaggery-(Sri Krishna Jayanthi)

Poha/Aval Kheer Recipe

Prep time – under 10 mins
Cook time – under 20 mins
Serves – 2

Ingredients needed 

Aval /Poha – 1/4 cup
Jaggery -1/4 cup
Milk – 2 1/2 cups (boiled)
Ghee – 2 1/2 tsp
Cashew nuts -5-6
Cardamom powder -1/4 tsp
Saffron -2-3 strands
Raisins – 8-10

Preparation

Heat a tsp of ghee in a pan and fry  raisins and cashew nuts separately. Keep it aside.

Soak saffron strands in a tbsp of milk and keep it aside.

If jaggery has impurities, dissolve it in little water (less than 1/4 cup) and filter it.

Method

Heat ghee in a pan, add aval and fry till it changes color.

Add boiled milk to the aval, simmer and cook till milk reduces a little. Simultaneously aval will also become soft.

Then add jaggery, cardamom powder, saffron, mix well and switch off the flame immediately.

Garnish with cashew nuts and raisin and serve hot or cold.

Note– Once you add jaggery, you should not heat or boil the milk as there are chances of the milk curdling.

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