Aval laddu or poha ladoo, just 3 main ingredients - rice flakes, sugar and ghee, for this quick and easy recipe ready in 30 mins. One of the easiest ladoo recipes. Beginner friendly recipe with step by step pictures.
For Janmashtami or for a quick snacks for kids with simple ingredients, you can make this poha laddu.
Check out my Aval payasam and Aval murukku in this website.
Krishna Jayanthi is only 2 days away, so are you still thinking what to make for the festival? Are you scared of trying out the deep fried recipes like seedai, murukku and thattai? Don't worry, here is an easy recipe that has lord Krishna's favorite - Aval / Poha and ghee.
Only 3 main ingredients and the laddu is ready within 30 mins. These sweet balls tastes similar to our rava ladoo except for the flavour of poha instead rava. I made it in small quantity, perfect for small families.
It looks very similar to rava ladoo but the taste with majorly poha's flavor. If you are looking for other easy ladoo recipes, do check out my condensed milk ladoo recipe.
Check out this no onion no garlic lemon aval recipe.
Aval laddu recipe step by step
1. Sieve 1 cup aval firstly using a metal strainer, to get rid of any impurities. Remove large impurities by hand picking. In a pan, dry roast the poha until golden and crisp. Cool down.
2. Grind to make a flour/ fine powder in a blender. Transfer the ground poha to a mixing bowl. Grind ½ cup sugar also with 2 cardamom seeds (without skin) to fine powder.
3. Heat ¼ cup ghee and break 3 cashews to very tiny pieces and fry until golden. Add 8 raisins and fry till fluffy.
4. Add the hot ghee to the ground mixture. Mix well and make ladoos out of the mixture, while it is still warm. If it cools to room temperature, it will be difficult to shape.
Easy aval ladoo / poha laddus are ready to offer God, Krishna and enjoy the laddus! Poha, ghee and sugar with tangy raisins makes a wonderful combination!
My notes
I avoid adding the skin of cardamom as it can hinder while eating and no one likes it in the family. If you want you can add along and grind for extra flavor. Or if you have cardamom powder, add it too.
You can make it with powdered jaggery too, but may need more. so start with ½ cup jaggery and add 2 tablespoon more if needed. Palm jaggery can also be used in place of regular jaggery, but please note the taste will be completely different.
You can use thick poha or any poha variety. If you want use red aval in place of white.
I got 9 small laddu but it depends how big you make it.
Recipe card
Aval Laddu Recipe | Poha Ladoo
Ingredients
- 1 cup Aval flattened rice/ Poha
- ½ cup Sugar
- ¼ cup Ghee
- 3 Cashew nuts
- 8 Dried raisins
- 2 Cardamom
Instructions
- Sieve the poha to get rid of any impurities. Remove large impurities by hand picking.
- Dry roast the poha until golden in colour. Cool down.
- Grind to make a flour/ fine powder. Grind sugar also with the cardamom seeds to fine powder.
- Heat ghee and break the cashews to very tiny pieces and fry until golden. Add raisin and fry till fluffy.
- Take the powdered ingredients in a mixing bowl and add the heated ghee to it.
- Mix well and take a hand full of mixture nad press inside your palm to make ladoos out of it.
Notes
- Make sure to roast the poha well and grind it finely.
- cardamom is must needed for lending a divine flavour.
- Use ghee and sugar as mentioned for perfect taste.
- Make sure to finely break the cashews and also do not add more than required, otherwise it will be difficult for shaping the ladoos.
- Ladoos are fragile, so carefully handle it. If not ground finely, it will be hard to hold its shape.
Krithi Karthi says
Awesome recipe!
Fareeda Begum says
Raks,
This is a Good recipe. There are two varieties Poha available in market. Which one have you used ??
Fareeda.
Nivedhanams Sowmya says
that is so festive and delicious!!!
Sowmya
Priti S says
Looks yum ..nicely done
Raks anand says
Thick variety. Thin should also work I think...
Veena Theagarajan says
looks yum nicely done
Avika says
Looks good.. Innovative recipe 🙂
anusha praveen says
Lovely ladoos raji but i dont get getti aval here. And i dont think this will work well with thin variety. Beautiful clicks. 🙂
AparnaRajeshkumar says
kelapitinga ! this reminds ur rava laddu picture 🙂
GeethuSathiyaN says
Good one Raks!
Priya Suresh says
one of my favourite laddoo after rava laddoos.
indianspicemagic says
Yummy and quick recipe
K Muthulakshmi says
simple and superb laddoos.
Sarada Subramaniam says
Superb one....will try this...and advance Krishna jayanthi wishes....
Sukanyaa14 says
One cup as in how many grams???
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Hamaree Rasoi says
Delicious and wholesome looking ladoos. This is what I need to energize myself quickly.
Deepa
Janani says
I dont know to cook anything in aval raks very shameful abt it. Somehow aval never appealed to me this urundai looks so good. ladoo shape has come out perfect.
Happys Cook says
Hi Raji... Nice recipe.. Thanks for visiting my blog. U have a lovely space here, with beautiful clicks and explanation... Nice meeting u through this blogging world... Was really excited after a senior blogger's visit to mine...
GeethuSathiyaN says
Tried it yesterday RAKS,it came out well...but the pblm was i cudnt make round balls.the ones i made look like pidi kozhukattai :)) i guess i shld add an extra tblsp of ghee in future!
Sarada Subramaniam says
Nice laddoos....
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Kaveri Venkatesh says
Delicious and yummy laddoos
Raks anand says
Thanks for the feedback 🙂 May be its not powdered finely? because the ghee measurement here is perfect to hold the shape. Also you have to heat the ghee b4 adding it and make ladoos. But I agree we have to put some pressure b4 it holds and forms a shape 🙂
jeyashri suresh says
Wow super easy and tempting ladoos. I somehow failed in my attempt to make aval ladoos.(not using this recipe) Now after seeing this i know where i went wrong.
Pretty clicks
Gayathri Ramanan says
simply superb ladoos with perfect round shape...nice clicks
srikars kitchen says
Easy & yummy ladoos.. looks really nice and awesome clicks..
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Ramya Ramesh says
Raks - I must say I'm celebrating Raks kitchen week 🙂 Yesterday tried your aval laddo & its a super hit at home..Today tried your veg fried rice & became a super hit at office.. All the credit goes to you.. Thanks for the detailed receipes Raks.. You rock 🙂
CHITRA says
Yummy ladoos..reminds our rava laddu 🙂 A Must try one !
Hema says
Hi. I tried this Aval Laddu. I felt Sugar quantity is too much for 1 Cup of Aval. You mentioned 2 cups of sugar. I felt 3/4 Cup to 2 Cup of sugar is sufficient. Later I added 1 more cup of Aval and adjusted. Taste is really good. Thanks for sharing the recipe. If possible check the Sugar quantity.
Raks Anand says
Hi Hema, thank you so much for bringing to notice. After reading your feedback, I went back to check my old version of recipe. I sincerely apologize, it is 1/2 cup sugar 🙁 While I update the recipe in new format, somewhere it went wrong! I will be more careful in future while updating!
Technical Analysis says
Made them today. Turned out well and everyone loved them. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Raks anand says
Thank you Ramya for the feedback 🙂 You sure made my day!
Raks anand says
Thank you!!! :):)
Sangeetha C Prabu says
Really it came out well.. Thank u so much..
Raks anand says
Thanks for the feedback 🙂
Renu navin says
will try them soon.. they look yummy..:)
Madhavi K says
Beautiful Laddu Raks! I also posted the same laddu today but with jaggery! Yours looks incredible!
Sindhiya Sridhar says
Lovely recipe Raks! tried it and came out very well. Thank you so much.... 🙂
Sona S says
delicious laddus. looks yummy.
Latha says
delicious laddus.tried yesterday came out very well.thanks raji.
Subha says
Tried it and was a hit. very easy and fool proof. My husband who hates rava laddus liked it. Thank you Mrs. Raji, a fan of your posts.
Rakı'n' Fish says
It looks worth to try. Isn't it?
Vidya says
Made these ladoos on krishna jayanthi. it turned out well. everybody enjoyed it so much. my kids wanted it to be made again. thanks raks......keep posting more..........
Anusha Madhavan says
Thank you for this simple and quick festive recipe.
Made these ladoos today and liked it a lot !
Sangeeta Sudhakaran says
I made this today and they turned out super yummy! Just that I made them for Ganesha, not for Krishna..but I am sure Ganpati will love them too!
Unknown says
Tried this today n turned out so tasty tht my 1 yr old loved it too. Would be grateful if you blog kids recipes too;-)
Unknown says
Tried this today n turned out so tasty tht my 1 yr old loved it too. Would be grateful if you blog kids recipes too;-)
Nayana says
Made these today for janmashtami! Made with the thin phoha. Came out very good. Thanks to u! Can I upload the pic ....how to upload?
Prashadam says
nice one i like it so much...
Shilpa says
Can u post ragi ladoo recipe with jaggery..?
As I tried it become very hard
Raks Anand says
I will definitely post soon.
Martina says
Hi can I use red aval for this recipe
Raks Anand says
Yes sure.
Hema says
Thank you so much for replying back Rajeshwari. Will try next time with 1/2 Cup of Sugar.