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Krishna Jayanthi Special Aval payasam
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Aval Payasam | Poha Kheer | Krishna Jayanthi Special

Aval payasam, a rich and creamy kheer recipe made with milk. Rice flakes cooked in milk, sweetened with sugar and topped with roasted cashews and raisins. Quick and easy poha kheer recipe to make for festivities.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian, South-Indian
Keyword Aval milk sweet, Aval payasam recipe, How to make aval payasam, Janmashtami Celebrations, Kheer with poha, Krishna jayanthi recipe, Milk based dessert, Poha dessert, Poha kheer, Sri jayanthi offering
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 5 people
Calories 331kcal

Equipment

  • Mixie or blender
  • Heavy bottom pan for kheer

Ingredients

  • 1 litre Full fat milk
  • ½ cup thick rice flakes
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoon fresh coconut
  • 8 almonds
  • 4 pods cardamom
  • 2 cloves

Garnish

  • 2 tbso ghee
  • 10 cashewnuts
  • 2 tablespoon raisins i prefer black raisins to golden
  • generous pinch of saffron

Instructions

  • Measure and keep all ingredients ready on the kitchen counter. Take milk in a heavy bottom vessel. Let it heat in a medium flame.
  • While the milk is boiling, dry roast the rice flakes/poha/aval in a small pan. Keep the flame low and roast, it should turn golden brown.
  • Take it off the flame, transfer it to a flat plate, let it cool down completely. Divide the poha in to two parts.
  • Take 1 part poha along with coconut, almond, cardamom and cloves in a mixer jar, pulse grind it to a coarse powder. I used by magic bullet to pulse this.
  • Add this ground mixture to the boiling milk, mix well. Make sure you mix the milk frequently, so it doesn't burn in the bottom. Keep the flame medium and cook.
  • Add the other half of the roasted poha to the milk. Let this cook in a medium flame for another 10 minutes for the poha to become soft.
  • Once the poha becomes soft, add sugar to this and mix well. Let this cook again for another 10-12 minutes.
  • The kheer begins to thicken at this stage. Heat a small tadka pan with ghee, roast cashewnuts and raisins in hot ghee.
  • Add this to the kheer and take the poha kheer off the stove. Enjoy the kheer warm,

Nutrition

Calories: 331kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 82mg | Potassium: 414mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 334IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 265mg | Iron: 1mg