Aval Payasam Recipe
Aval Payasam is a mild sweet dessert made using flattened rice flakes, sugar, milk, ghee ,nuts and raisins. Aval Payasam is a good choice of dessert after a grand lunch / dinner. It is called Poha Kheer in Hindi and Atukula Payasam in Telugu. Learn to make Aval Payasam with step by step pictures and video.
Servings2 people
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup aval (thick poha)
- 2 and 1/2 cups milk
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoon cashews broken
- 1 tablespoon raisin
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoon teaspoon ghee
Instructions
- Heat 1 and 1/2 tablespoon ghee - add 1 and 1/2 tablespoon broken cashews. Fry until golden brown remove and set aside.
- Add 1 tablespoon raisins fry until it bubbles up well and turns golden brown. Remove and set aside.
- Now add 1/2 cup poha(aval).
- Fry at least for a minute.
- Now add 2 and 1/2 cups of full cream milk. I used boiled warm milk.
- Give a quick mix.
- Cook for 7-10 minutes. Milk should reduce and poha should get cooked.
- Now check if poha is cooked. If it is soft when pressed with a spoon then it is cooked else cook for few more minutes.
- Add 1/4 cup sugar.
- Give a quick mix and let it boil for few more minutes until it becomes thick.
- Add 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder.
- Give a quick mix, this is the consistency we are looking, should be thick and creamy. It thickens with time so switch off accordingly.
- Finally add ghee fried cashews and raisins. I reserved half of it for garnishing while serving.
- Give a quick mix and switch off.
- Aval Payasam is ready!
Video
Notes
- Use thick poha so that it does not become mushy easily.
- You can fry grated coconut in ghee and add it too.
- The payasam thickens with time so switch off when it is slightly runny itself.
- Adjust sugar as per your taste. Add it only after milk reduces.
- You can even add a pinch of saffron for extra flavor.
- If you prefer you can coarse grind poha and then proceed with the steps.
- I used full cream milk so I reduced the volume only little as the milk was already thick. If you are using low fat milk then you may have to reduce the volume by half to make it thick.
Nutrition Facts
Aval Payasam Recipe
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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