Aval Payasam | Poha Kheer
Aval Payasam is a mild sweet dessert made by cooking aval / poha with milk, flavours, nuts with sugar or jaggery. Aval Payasam also called as Poha Kheer in north, is a good choice of dessert for a grand lunch / rice meal and often relished after mixing with papad & vada. Aval Payasam Recipe is quick to cook and is explained in this post with step by step pictures.
Servings2 people
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup aval / poha thick / thin variety I used thick here
- 2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- a generous pinch cardamom powder
- 5 nos cashews broken
- 2 teaspoon ghee
To grind
- 2 tablespoon coconut
- 5 nos cashews
- 1 teaspoon poppy seeds
Instructions
- Heat 1 teaspoon ghee in a tadka pan - add cashews and fry till golden brown, set aside. Rinse poha and roast it in a teaspoon of ghee for 3mins until it changes color slightly, Keep aside.
- Boil milk, keep in sim and reduce its volume to at least 1.5 cups. Then add sugar and mix well. Now flavour the milk by adding cardamom powder.
- Grind together the ingredients listed under 'to grind' to a smooth paste. Add it to the boiling milk and let it boil till raw smell leaves.
- Now add ghee roasted poha and give a quick stir. Let it boil in sim. Once poha turns soft and is nicely blended with milk. Switch off and garnish with ghee roasted cashews.
- Serve Aval Payasam hot / cold as per your preference!
Notes
- I used thick aval so soaking for 5-7 mins was required.
- If you use thin variety then soak only for 3-5 mins else it will become mushy.
- This payasam becomes thick after sometime so take it off in a running consistency.
- Add milk at the time of serving if required.
- You can add 1 tablespoon of condensed milk to make this payasam even more rich and creamy.
Nutrition Facts
Aval Payasam | Poha Kheer
Amount Per Serving (150 ml)
Calories 605
Calories from Fat 162
% Daily Value*
Fat 18g28%
Saturated Fat 10g63%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 5g
Cholesterol 42mg14%
Sodium 98mg4%
Potassium 482mg14%
Carbohydrates 101g34%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 62g69%
Protein 13g26%
Vitamin A 395IU8%
Vitamin C 0.2mg0%
Calcium 338mg34%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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