aval payasam | poha kheer | atukula payasam
Ingredients
for grinding:
- 1 cup dates counted 40 numbers
- 1 cup milk
For making aval payasam:
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 1 tbsp cashews
- 1 tbsp raisins
- ½ cup thick poha / aval
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup water
- 3 tbsp sugar
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
Instructions
for soaking and grinding:
- In a bowl, take 1 cup of dates and 1 cup of hot milk, soak it for 20 minutes
- In a blender jar, take soaked dates
- Blend into a smooth paste and keep aside
For making aval payasam:
- Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a pan, roast 1 tbsp of cashews and 1 tbsp of raisins, and take off
- with the same oil in the pan, roast 1/2 cup of poha or aval for 3 minutes in low flame till it turns crisp
- Next, pour in 1 cups of milk and bring to boil for 2 minutes
- Now add in the ground paste, mix well
- pour in 1 cup of water
- Add 3 tbsp of sugar
- bring into a boil,
- Next, add in ¼ tsp of cardamom powder and mix well
- Finally, drop the fried cashew and raisins and mix well. Its done, serve warm or normal room temperature or chilled