Poha Kesari is a yummy homely sweet made by simmering aval / poha with sugar & infused with flavours and nuts. Poha Kesari is a nice idea to make instantly during sudden visitors at home and liked by all. Poha Kesari Recipe is presented in this post with step by step pictures & video.
Poha Kesari an easy kesari that you make with aval or poha for gokulashtami. I didn’t plan to make this aval kesari but suddenly craved for kesari so made this and enjoyed.
If you are not confident / scared about trying out seedai,murukku recipes here is an easy recipe for you….I just made it like rava kesari recipe and it did satify my kesari craving. After the kitchen disaster I planned to keep it simple this year with homemade butter and aval urundai for gokulashtami which is a day away…Whats your plan?
Recipe and pictures updated, this time did not use food color just used saffron water and the kesari looked beautiful isn’t it?!
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Aval Kesari | Poha Kesari
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup aval / poha I used thick variety
- 3 and 1/2 tablespoon ghee
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon cashews
- 15 nos raisins
- 1 cup water
- 10 strands saffron
Instructions
- Soak saffron in warm water, set aside. Dry roast poha until crisp.
- Break to check, if it easily breaks then its crisp if it bends then roast for few more mins.
- Cool down then transfer to mixer jar and grind to as lightly coarse mixture, Set aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon ghee, add cashews fry for a min, then add raisins fry till they turn golden. Remove and set aside.
- Now in the same pan add poha mixture.Roast for 2 mins.
- Take 1 cup water and heat it up. Add it, keep stirring simultaneously. Keep stirring in low flame to avoid lumps, even if it forms break it and mix well.
- It will get cooked in a minute, keep stirring it will become thick. At this stage add sugar and saffron water.
- Mix well, it will be runny at this stage. Once it starts to thicken add remaining ghee. Mix well and keep stirring. At one stage the whole mixture will leave the sides of pan and come together.
- This is the right stage so add fried cashews, raisins give a quick mix and switch off.
- If you like cardamom flavour then add a pinch of cardamom powder too.
- Serve Poha Kesari warm.
Video
Notes
- You can add a pinch of cardamom powder if you like the flavour.
- Switch off when its slighting in flowing consistency as it will become thick while cooling down.
- Don't compromise on ghee as that's the main ingredient which adds great taste to this kesari.
How to make Aval Kesari
- Soak saffron in warm water, set aside.Dry roast poha until crisp.
- Break to check,if it easily breaks then its crisp if it bends then roast for few more mins.Cool down then transfer to mixer jar and grind to as lightly coarse mixture, Set aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon ghee, add cashews fry for a min, then add raisins fry till they turn golden.Remove and set aside.Now in the same pan add poha mixture.Roast for 2 mins.
- Take 1 cup water and heat it up.Add it, keep stirring simultaneously.Keep stirring in low flame to avoid lumps, even if it forms break it and mix well.
- It will get cooked in a minute, keep stirring it will become thick.At this stage add sugar and saffron water.
- Mix well, it will be runny at this stage.Once it starts to thicken add remaining ghee.Mix well and keep stirring.At one stage the whole mixture will leave the sides of pan and come together.If you like cardamom flavour then add a pinch of cardamom powder too.
- This is the right stage so add fried cashews,raisins give a quick mix and switch off.
Serve warm!
Delicious soft aval kesari ready!
Expert Tips
- You can add a pinch of cardamom powder if you like the flavour.
- Switch off when its slighting in flowing consistency as it will become thick while cooling down.
- Don’t compromise on ghee as that’s the main ingredient which adds great taste to this kesari.
Madhavi K
very innovative sharmi. looks lovely!
Sharmila Raa
It is very nice. Going to try this.
Caramella
This is to swoon for! So delicious looking, I wish I could have it now for dessert. Are you from Tamil Nadu? We were in India for 5 years and my mother took Bharat Natyam lessons from Guru Krishnamoorthy who was from Tamil Nadu. I think my mom is also following you, she's saucysiciliana.blogspot.com
http://www.hungrycaramella.blogspot.com
SHARMILEE J
Yes I am very much from TamilNadu 🙂
Hamaree Rasoi
Kesari looks so colorful. It's my all time favourite breakfast meal. Excellent clicks.
Deepa
Avika
Lovely.. looks yum !!
Janani
very nice sharmi I have never made any recipe with aval but this kesari looks really good with aval so nice.
Simi J
It looks gorgeous
Veena Theagarajan
looks so yum I did this last week also very yummy. Super clicks
Wer SAHM
THE GLOSSY GHEE GLACE OVER THE HALWA MAKES IT SIMPLY MOUTH WATERING…. NICE RECIPE TO TRY FOR FESTIVALS
Sona S
Kesari looks mouthwatering and delicious.
tinku shaji
Poha Kesari is really new to me.. Looks wonderful.. Bookmarked
Happys Cook
yummy kesari… you have a lovely blog with beautiful pics sharmi… nice following u…
Rumana Ambrin
Such a yummy kesari ..
AparnaRajeshkumar
delicious indeed
jeyashri suresh
Wow what a beautiful kesari and the pictures are complimenting the kesari
Gayathri Ramanan
lovely kesari..looks super tempting..stunning clicks
Aparna Maheshkartick
Kesari luks yummy.pls did u use d thick poha or d thin poha.
Priya Suresh
Give me that plate i'll finish it in no time.
Vardhini
Tempting kesari. Like your new layout Sharmi.
Vardhini
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esther
Hi Sharmilee, im a big fan of ur site. almost tried all ur baking recipes, came out really well. Now my cakes are the favourite in my office. Everybody is craving for my cakes now.Thank u so much for such a wonderful site. Tried ur Sheer korma also. It was delicious. Do keep on posting the receipes. Whenever i get the time to sit on the net, i vil first chk ur site only for the new recipes. I live in pune.Thank u so much.
sujishekar
Thank you so much! Made it for Krishana Jayanthi today,Going to make Uppu and Vellai seedai now! Wish me luck 🙂
Leena
Hi Sharmilee… I tried this recipe on Krishnajayanthi and it came out perfectly well. We loved it a lot and I am sure I would suggest this to many of my other friends too 🙂 It was an awesome dessert.
Gerry Held
Hi Sharmi,
I am lucky to have found this site – I take alot of quick recipes for my kids snacks and it turns out well.
Thank you for posting
Jen