Vellas Aval is an easy Gokulashtami recipe to offer on the festival as well as a quick snack. It is a traditional snack prepared with flattened rice (rice flakes) and jaggery as main ingredients and you can prepare it in just 15 minutes, making it perfect for beginners too. Let's see how to make jaggery aval for Gokulashtami with step by step pictures and quick video.
Gokulashtami is nearing and if you are looking for easy recipe to offer on the day of Gokulashtami, vella aval could be the perfect one.
Though this is Gokulashtami special recipe, as a kid, I have eaten vella aval for evening snack too very often.
Check out my collection of Gokulashtami recipes and Jaggery idiyappam recipe.
About Vella Aval
Vella aval is Tamil term for this sweet flattened rice with Jaggery. Aval is nothing but rice flakes, a breakfast staple in India. It is perfect as snack as you can make it quickly into various sweet, savory or spicy dishes.
I wish I had made Aj to eat these kind of traditional snacks. Mom makes just by washing the aval (poha/ flattened rice/ beaten rice) and mixing it with powdered jaggery. But I just adapted making simple syrup by dissolving jaggery in water. Adapted partially from this recipe. I loved the addition of edible camphor in this as it adds a divine smell to the poha and takes to the next level.
Why you will love this recipe?
- Quick & easy
- Beginner friendly
- Simple ingredients & method
- Ready in 15 minutes
Check out my Dahi Poha Recipe (Gopalkala) which pairs well as a prasadam for Gokulashtami.
Vella aval method
- In a pan, heat jaggery and very little water just to dissolve the jaggery. Take care not to add more as it will make poha soggy.
2. Wash poha and drain water completely. Add edible camphor, salt and cardamom powder to it.
3. Add the dissolved jaggery through a strainer. Mix well. Give half hour standing time.
4. Mix in the grated coconut.
Divinely smelling healthy sweet poha, makes a quick prasadam for Krishna jayanthi as well as a great snack !
Recipe card
Vella Aval Recipe | Easy Gokulashtami Recipes
Ingredients
- ½ cup Aval flattened rice
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoon Jaggery powdered
- 1 Cardamom powdered
- 1 Edible camphor Mustard size
- 1 pinch Salt
- 3 tablespoon Grated coconut
Instructions
- In a pan, heat jaggery and very little water just to dissolve the jaggery. Take care not to add more as it will make poha soggy.
- Wash poha and drain water completely. Add edible camphor, salt and cardamom powder to it.
- Add the dissolved jaggery through a strainer. Mix well. Give half hour standing time.
- Mix in the grated coconut.
Notes
- You can make it more rich by adding ghee fried cashews and raisins.
- I used thick variety poha.
- Adding salt will enhance the sweetness.
sumit joshi says
Simple, quick and tasty... Love it..
Traditionally Modern Food says
Vella aval has came out in a grt texture.. Quick and yum
lakshmi says
Can I use thin aval since thick one is not available pls. Thank you
Shobana Vijay says
Yet simple and tasty
Brenny says
Very simple recipe and just what I was looking for. My mother used to make this for me and I was craving it for some reason. Thank you
Raks Anand says
thanks