Aval kesari recipe, poha sheera with step by step pictures. An easy sweet perfect for any celebration or to satisfy your quick sweet craving.
Wishing you all a very Happy and Prosperous New year🤩. I thought of trying gulab jamun and post for this new year, but made it with readymade mix. So tried this aval kesari which I wanted to try for long time. I tasted this few years back at a relative’s house and I could hardly find it that its made out of aval / poha/ flattened rice. I thought of asking her the recipe, but could not. Later checked with my MIL and made. Here’s the simple recipe.
Aval kesari recipe
Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Sweet
Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 20 mins | Serves: 3
Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 20 mins | Serves: 3
Aval kesari recipe, poha sheera with step by step pictures. An easy sweet perfect for any celebration or to satisfy your quick sweet craving.
Ingredients
Aval / Poha – 1/2 cup
Sugar – 1/2 cup
Water – 1 cup
Yellow or orange food colour – Methi seed size
Cardamom – 1
Ghee – 2 & 1/2 tblsp
Salt – 1 pinch
Cashew nut – 5
Sugar – 1/2 cup
Water – 1 cup
Yellow or orange food colour – Methi seed size
Cardamom – 1
Ghee – 2 & 1/2 tblsp
Salt – 1 pinch
Cashew nut – 5
Method
- Heat a pan with little ghee and fry broken cashewnuts in it until golden in medium flame. Transfer to a bowl, add poha to it.
- Fry for a minute in medium flame without changing its colour. Powder coarsely like rava.
- Boil water and add the powdered poha, salt to it, mix well. Cook covered in low flame until all water is absorbed and poha cooked softly. Mix in between to avoid burnt bottom.
- Add sugar, food colour, powdered cardamom to the cooked poha and mix. First it will become watery. (Please use natural food colour as much as possible, it is available online or in gourmet shops that has natural plant based food colours)
- Keep stirring in meidum flame adding ghee until it leaves the sides.
Notes
- It takes a bit of time to get cooked. So make sure its cooked well, otherwise later poha won’t be soft in the kesari.
- Add ghee according to your need.
A simple and delicious kesari ready for satisfying your sweet tooth.
ManasaDeepak Deepak
January 1, 2015 at 12:24 pmWooow… looks so amazing… wil try it now …
Veena Theagarajan
January 1, 2015 at 1:24 pmWow! Looks too tempting.. Happy new year
Shweta
January 1, 2015 at 1:28 pmCan this be made with jaggery too?
Gaurav Mehta
January 1, 2015 at 8:20 pmCan we use saffron instead of the color?
Divs
January 2, 2015 at 2:12 amlove that serving dish. aval kesari is a simple but delightful sweet. looks yum! happy new year! 🙂
Raks anand
January 2, 2015 at 8:14 amSure, but use very less, otherwise it may overpower.
Sayantani
January 2, 2015 at 1:45 pmthis kesari is new to me but loving the almost translucent treat. a beauty in itself. Wish you a very happy new year
Mahalakshmi
January 3, 2015 at 9:56 pmHappy New year Raji!! Awesome receipe..
Mahalakshmi
January 3, 2015 at 9:57 pmRaks can we use thin aval..if so do the ratio differs….
Raks anand
January 3, 2015 at 10:00 pmno, try the Same ratio. It comes out Softer
Kavitha
January 9, 2015 at 6:17 amMade this today… it came out so well.. my son loved it… Thanx a ton…
Gaurav Mehta
January 9, 2015 at 6:18 amThanks Raks! I must say this is a very sophisticated dessert from the most simple ingredients of our kitchen
Sundari Nathan
January 9, 2015 at 6:18 amWow!! looks very inviting!! drooling here 🙂
Jaffna Kitchen
January 9, 2015 at 6:18 amHi Raks,
Happy new year.
Love the color of the dish.
I have been following you for few years now and tried many of your recipes. Loved them all, may god bless you.
You are my inspiration behind my new build blog..thought of sharing some recipes from my family.
I take this opportunity to thank you.
Grace
May 8, 2015 at 12:04 amThanks for this gluten free recipe
Unknown
September 6, 2015 at 6:10 amI tried this today. somehow I wasn't convinced with the outcome. i realized this might work well with white sugar. I tried using raw unprocessed brown sugar!! found it less sweet and I also made a mistake of not waiting until all water got absorbed before adding sugar. I added soon after poha bcame soft. will have to correct these next time!!
Priyadarsini SumanSengan
November 3, 2015 at 11:02 amHi Raji, I used the thin aval for this recipe and I got an outcome which was like Halwa. Should i make any changes in the procedure?
Raks anand
November 3, 2015 at 11:12 amTake care not to over cook the poha. I have to try on my own to comment precisely.
Brindha
August 18, 2016 at 2:02 pmThanks sharing this easy recipe. Going to try now..
Sak Ura
August 12, 2017 at 1:16 amHi,
Can i use red aval for this recipe? If yes, should i follow the same measurements?
Raks anand
August 12, 2017 at 2:09 amYes you can follow the same measurements.