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aval kesari
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aval kesari | poha sheera

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup thick aval poha / flattened rice
  • ¼ cup ghee + 1tbsp ghee
  • 1 tbsp cashews
  • 1 tbsp raisins
  • 2 cup water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • a pinch saffron strands
  • ½ tsp cardamom powder

Method
 

Dry roasting and blending:
  1. firstly, take 1 cup of aval/poha in a thick bottomed pan, dry roast it for 3 minutes in medium flame
  2. And then cool it, transfer it to a blender jar, blend it coarsely, keep aside
Making aval kesari/ poha sheera
  1. Heat ¼ cup of ghee in a pan, roast the cashew and raisins, take off and keep aside
  2. In the same pan with ghee, pour in 2 cups of water, bring into a boil
  3. Now add a pinch of saffron
  4. Then add ground aval/ poha, mix well
  5. Keep stirring in medium flame
  6. Once it the aval got thickened, add in 1 cup of sugar, and mix well
  7. Keep stirring until it reaches the thick consistency
  8. when it becomes thick, add 1 tbsp of ghee, mix well
  9. finally when it leaves the pan and gathers as a mass, turn off the flame, put cardamom powder and fried cashews, and raisins. mix well
    And it is done