Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 Cup Poha / Aval
  • 1 Cup Sugar / சக்கரை
  • 1.5 Cups Water / தண்ணீர்
  • 10 Mixed Raisins / Cashews
  • 2 Pinch Cardamom Powder / ஏலக்காய்த்தூள் (Optional)
  • 1 Drops Food Colour
  • Few Strands Saffron
  • 2 to 3 tbsp Ghee / நெய்

Instruction

  • Fry cashews, raisins in ghee, soak saffron in warm milk and keep all the ingredients ready. Heat a pan and roast the Aval for 2 minutes with little ghee until nice aroma wafts. Cool down.
  • Grind it in a mixer to a coarse powder. Pour water in a pan and bring to roll boil.
  • Add the powdered poha and mix well until there is no lumps. Cook in low flame, soon all the water will be absorbed and now the poha will be cooked. Now add food colour.
  • MIx well and add sugar. The sugar starts to melt and the mixture will loosen. Keep stirring and add ghee at regular intervals.
  • By the time the kesari will thicken and leave the sides of the pan. Don't thicken too much, let it be in slight flowing consistency. Finally add cashew, raisins, saffrons soaked in milk and mix everything well.
  • Delicious aval kesari recipe is ready.