Aval Urundai is a traditional sweet made using flattened rice flakes, jaggery, cardamom powder, coconut, cashews and ghee. Aval Urundai is a no cook sweet that is prepared for Krishna Jayanthi festival, at times made as an evening snack for regular days too. Learn to make Aval Urundai with step by step pictures.
Last week during a chat session, my cousin sister gave me the idea of posting homemade butter and aval urundai for Gokulashtami. Butter and aval are Lord Krishna’s favorite so here I am with this post. Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making, clicking and writing this post.
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About Aval Urundai
Aval Urundai is an easy and quick snack that can be made easily. Aval Urundai is a sweet made by mixing aval or poha with jaggery syrup, cardamom powder, coconut, cashews, ghee and shaping them to small balls.
Aval Urundai can be easily made no cook by adding jaggery directly without making syrup and adding raw cashews. This is traditionally prepared for Gokulashtami. Aval Urundai can be made as an evening time snack that could be prepared in minutes and liked by all.
Aval Urundai also called as Poha Jaggery Ladoo is one of the most easy and quick sweets that you can prepare even at the last minute for the festival. Can you see my kutty krishnar walking towards his favorites aval and butter in the pictures. Blogging has made krishnar come into our homes well in advance.
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Aval Urundai Ingredients
- Poha – Poha is also called flattened rice flakes or aval. Use thick or thin aval but make sure to soak accordingly.
- Jaggery – Prepare jaggery syrup, make it thick strain to remove impurities and use it.
- Cashews – Fry broken cashews in ghee and use it.
- Ghee – Use homemade ghee or store bought ghee.
- Coconut – Use grated coconut or chopped coconut pieces.
- Cardamom powder – Cardamom powder adds flavor to this sweet.
How to make Aval Urundai Step by Step
1.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.
2.The syrup should more like honey consistency. Heat a teaspoon ghee in a pan, add the cashews till golden brown. Set aside. Now add the coconut and roast it for 2 minutes without letting the color change.
3.Rinse poha and soak it in water for 2 minutes. Drain water and squeeze the aval to drain the extra water. Mash it well. Then to a mixing bowl add poha along with jaggery, roasted coconut, ghee fried cashews, cardamom powder, remaining ghee and mix well.
4.Grease your hands with ghee and make lemon sized balls, your yummy aval urundai is ready to be served.
Your aval urundais are ready!
Expert Tips
- Instead of adding jaggery syrup you can even use powdered jaggery directly but make sure to use clean organic jaggery.
- You can even fry raisins and add it.
- Adding coconut enhances flavor. You can use fresh coconut desiccated coconut too.
- I used thin poha so soaking time was less. If you use thick poha you many need to soak for 5 minutes.
Serving and Storage
As coconut is added it keeps well in room temperature for just 1 day. Aval Urundai keeps well in fridge for 2 days.
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Aval Urundai Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup aval / poha
- 1/4 cup thick jaggery syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 3 tablespoon coconut grated
- 3 teaspoon ghee
- 1 teaspoon cashews broken
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.
- The syrup should more like honey consistency. Heat a teaspoon ghee in a pan, add the cashews till golden brown. Set aside. Now add the coconut and roast it for 2 minutes without letting the color change.
- Rinse poha and soak it in water for 3-5 minutes. Drain water and squeeze the aval to drain the extra water. Mash it well. Then to a mixing bowl add poha along with jaggery, roasted coconut, ghee fried cashews, cardamom powder, remaining ghee and mix well.
- Grease your hands with ghee and make lemon sized balls, your yummy aval urundai is ready to be served.
- Your aval urundais are ready!
Notes
- Instead of adding jaggery syrup you can even use powdered jaggery directly but make sure to use clean organic jaggery.
- You can even fry raisins and add it.
- Adding coconut enhances flavor. You can use fresh coconut desiccated coconut too.
- I used thin poha so soaking time was less. If you use thick poha you many need to soak for 5 minutes.
priya ravi
wow so cute post. kudos to ur amma for such a beautiful painting. Homemade butter looks so rich and creamy. My grandma makes similar butter and uses to fry paniyaram's. We call it vennai paniyaram and she makes it once in year when whole family gathers for the pooja.
RAKS KITCHEN
Superb set up for the clicks! Especially the cute steps 🙂 Nice post,useful too!
Priti
You got the butter so perfect …lovely pics
Prathibha
Nice 2 see d apt recipes for the gokulastami…nice pics
Radhika@foodfor7stages
Amma makes butter the same way. But she runs it in a mixie though. Aval urundai is something I haven't tasted.. Got to try this.
Shanavi
Love to see the Lord krishna's cute little feet well in advance :).. Splendid effort n nicely done
Ramya Bala
Awesome post and yummy laddoos….
Reshmi Mahesh
Lovely post….The painting by amma is very beautiful….My mom too makes butter this way…but using mixi….Cute little feet is very beautiful too…Aval urundai is new to me..but sure delicious..
Rinku Naveen
What a cute post! Beautiful..Ladoos are perfect. Loved those cute feet.
jayasree
Lovely post….Liked your aval urundai.
Reva
Wow … Aval urundai looks yum:) Haven't tasted it but should give it a try. I too have a "butter post" for "Krishna Jayanthi" with the footsteps … "Like minds think alike" :)…
Lovely post and pics Sharmilee…
Reva
Nithya
Simply awesome this post is. Brilliant to have written about butter here 😉 I love the clicks and the small foot marks too 🙂 Very nice post 🙂
Kalpana Sareesh
Wow superb post, paintings, footsteps, making of butter n the sweet balls ..wonderful..
Priya
Painting by ur mom looks simply divine Sharmi,wat a fabulous post dear,homemade butter and sweet balls looks super prefect and delicious..
Deeksha
Home made butter rocks…cute and lovely presentation.
Suhaina
wow amazing. i used to make it when i was in India. looks so yummy..
Kaveri
Tanjore painting looks awesome…nice post about the homemade butter and yummy aval urundais
Rekha shoban
steps looks very cute..nice spread sharmiee!
Sudha Sabarish
Wow that's so nice to know about homemade butter.Aval urundai is also too good.Kuddos to u sharmi.
manjooo
hats off!!! thats really cute and lovely post!! 🙂
Kurryleaves
lovely post…awesome clicks ..aval urundai is so easy to make,,,,i just cant wait to make it..
Kurryleaves
Love the Tanjore painting by your mother..amazing
jeyashrisuresh
home made butter brings back my childhood memories where we used to help my mom in taking out the malai by using the MATTU.
Very useful post and cute aval balls. great clicks with krishnar foot step
Sanctified Spaces
Loved the home made butter recipe.
Prathima Rao
The perfect butter…Mom makes it too every alternate days…Nice step wise presentation Sharmi!!! And i so loved those lil feet…:)
Prathima Rao
Prats Corner
Mary
Your photos are wonderful and your instructions are clear and concise. This is my first visit to your site so I've taken sometime to browse through your earlier posts. I am so glad I did that. I really like the food and recipes you feature here and I'll definitely be back. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary
Premalatha Aravindhan
wow home made butter,simply superb…Aval Balls are perfect and delicious…
I am totally impressed with ur amma's thanjavur painting,hat off to her…I know how difficult to complete a picture and the minute designs also she did perfectly…gr8!!!
Laxmi
Like both of ur recipes.. Love the cute small footsteps.. Nice clicks..
Mina Joshi
Wow what a lovely post just before Janmashtami. Lovely explanation and I love the pictures. My MIL used to make butter just like you. I am very impressed with your mum's painting too!!
Suja
Looks divine..like both the recipes..beautiful clicks
sangee vijay
No words Sharmi ..this is a great post n kudos to your Amma for such beautiful paniting…Homemade butter is always fresh n specially flavored…aval urandai is new to me..looks delicious to the core…lovely presentation..Kutty Krishnar footsteps are awesome n brilliant idea…superb !!!
layaa
Thanks a lot for ur nice recipe.I tried this and got a great applause from my family.Ur clicks are_——————————no words to say.
DEESHA
Home made butter nice nice .. Loved the poha laddoos too n the I age of Krishna is divine
Sobha Shyam
poha laddus look amazing, can feel the smell and flavour here..superb clicks…how can krishna resist such fabulous sweets..especially when you make it dear 🙂
Swathi
Beautiful paintings, nice post.
Vimitha Anand
Homemade butter looks perfect and the aval urundai looks yum.
M D
I love those tiny steps, look so cute 🙂
Lovely looking undai. Wishing you and ur family a very happy Gokulasthami 🙂
divya
Wow superb post, paintings, footsteps, making of butter n the sweet balls ..wonderful..
Kalyani's Platter
Wow very post and pictures looks so tempting …. Lovely blog sharmilee !!!
Plateful
Hey your mom is a great artist too, lovely. It's great to know how to make butter at home and I loved those tiny feets you made–nice touch. Happy Krishna Jayanthi, my friend!
Kalyan
This one looks so yummy and easy to make…can't wait to try it!
Gopika Ram
Wow.. you mad butter at home 😀 What more would HE want 😀 Love the urundai too 😀 Your clicks are the best..
Happy Janmashtami to you dear 😀
vineela
Excellent pics.
Happy Krishnastami .
soujanya
Vowww!!! Painting looks grt..
and ofcourse homemade butter and sweet balls too..after my mrg i forgo
t eating this homemade butter…u made me remember those lovely momments again…thanq…
ushaprashanth
Hi!
This laddoo is looking delicious!(Butter too). Lovely snaps !
Anonymous
Should we add salt while making butter?
Sharmilee! :)
@Anonymous : You can add salt after making butter…
Divya Kudua
My mil makes it a bit differently.When the cream is full she adds a spoon of curd to it and leaves it at room temperature overnight.next day she churns butter.Any which way,homemade butter is so delicious:)
manjusri shaji
wer did you get the krishnar foot steps from???
is it available in cbe??
Sharmilee! :)
@Manju : Haha no no…I drew and cut its shape just for the clicks 🙂
Divya Pai
Superb…..Kudos to Sharmilee
madhavi shenoy
Amazing 🙂
Gayathri Sathyanarayanan
great post, amazing clicks. too good presentation
PriyaBala
Thanks Sharmi! you are really awesome. I tried this aval urundai, but with powdered sugar. It tasted great and also helped me to get appreciations from my family.
Ramya Ju
hi, i did this,it was good taste but can i use sugar(or powdered sugar) instead of jaggery?
SHARMILEE J
Yes you can do that too….
SRICHAKRA
What would be the shelf life of these laddus?
SHARMILEE J
Only a day or 2