Aadi Paal | Thengai Paal
Aadi Paal is a creamy, yummy dessert made on the Aadi 18 by cooking milk with jaggery syrup & garnished with flavours & nuts. Aadi Paal also called as Thengai Paal is a blissful dessert which is relished with meal or wholesome as a kheer.
Servings2
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup thick coconut milk
- 1/4 cup thin coconut milk
- water as required for making coconut milk
- 1/3 cup jaggery
- 1/4 cup water for making jaggery syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
- a very tiny piece edible camphor
- 5 whole cashews broken
- 1 teaspoon ghee
Instructions
- Soak jaggery in warm water(till immersing level) , crush it well.
- Then heat it up until it is slightly thick (no string consistency needs to be checked).Strain and keep aside.
- Take coconut in a mixer, add water and blend it to a coarse mixture.
- Now transfer this coconut mixture to a strainer and press it with a spoon till all the milk is drained.Now the extracted milk is the first coconut milk.
- If you want a thin version then again add this coconut mixture and add more water, blend and then strain to get the 2nd thin coconut milk.
- I measured coconut milk and jaggery syrup and kept it ready.
- Heat ghee in a tadka pan – add cashews and fry till golden.
- Take jaggery syrup in a pan and heat it up until it is slightly thick more like honey in consistency.
- Simmer flame and add thin coconut milk and mix well.
- When it starts to boil, simmer to lowest flame possible add thick coconut milk mix well and switch off.
- Add fried cashews, cardamom powder and edible camphor, mix well.
- Serve Aadi Paal hot / warm.
Notes
- Simmer flame while adding coconut milk.
- Just when its about to boil, add thick coconut milk. After thick coconut milk is added, don’t let it boil then it will start splitting.
- You can even add raisins and saffron for extra flavour.
- Mix well before serving.
- The color depends on the jaggery color.
- It will look runny, but after resting time it slightly thickens.
Nutrition Facts
Aadi Paal | Thengai Paal
Amount Per Serving (150 ml)
Calories 400
Calories from Fat 252
% Daily Value*
Fat 28g43%
Saturated Fat 23g144%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 6mg2%
Sodium 17mg1%
Potassium 268mg8%
Carbohydrates 38g13%
Fiber 0.2g1%
Sugar 34g38%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 34mg3%
Iron 4mg22%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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