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Poha Kesari Recipe

Aval kesari recipe 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?!
Poha Kesari RecipePoha Kesari Recipe Video

 

Poha kesari recipe

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Author: Sharmilee J
Poha kesari recipe a quick and delicious kesari made with poha.
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup aval/poha I used thick variety
  • 3 and 1/2 tbsp ghee
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp cashews
  • 15 nos raisins
  • 1 cup water
  • 10 strands saffron

Instructions

  1. Soak saffron in warm water, set aside.Dry roast poha until crisp.
  2. 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.
  3. Heat 1 tbsp 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.
  4. 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.
  5. It will get cooked in a minute, keep stirring it will become thick.At this stage add sugar and saffron water.
  6. 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.
  7. This is the right stage so add fried cashews,raisins give a quick mix and switch off.
  8. Serve warm.

Recipe 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 thats the main ingredient which adds great taste to this kesari.

How to make aval kesari:

  1. Soak saffron in warm water, set aside.Dry roast poha until crisp.Poha Kesari Recipe
  2. 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.Poha Kesari Recipe
  3. Heat 1 tbsp 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.
    Poha Kesari Recipe
  4. 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.
    Poha Kesari Recipe
  5. It will get cooked in a minute, keep stirring it will become thick.At this stage add sugar and saffron water.Poha Kesari Recipe
  6. 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. Poha Kesari Recipe
  7. This is the right stage so add fried cashews,raisins give a quick mix and switch off.
    Poha Kesari Recipe

Serve warm!
Poha Kesari Recipe
Delicious soft aval kesari ready!
Poha Kesari Recipe

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  20. esther says

    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.

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  22. Leena says

    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.

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