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rice flakes payasam /aval payasam recipe / poha kheer

Total Time 10 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • White aval/ketti vellai aval/poha - 1/4 cup
  • Cashews/mundhri - 1 tbsp broken
  • Ghee - 1 tbsp
  • Cardamom powder/elachi - 1/4 tsp
  • Milk - 11/2 cups
  • Water to mix - 11/2 cups
  • Jaggery powdered - 3/4 cup

Instructions
 

  • Just flash wash poha with water once and drain.
  • Add ghee in a pan add cashews and poha altogether and fry till cashews become lightly golden.
  • Grind coarsely and keep ready.
  • In a pan add jaggery with a tablespoon of water and bring to boil till it dissolves and switch of.
  • In another pan boil milk when it bubbles add this poha mixture cook till cooked.
  • Add necessary water to dilute it to payasam consistency.
  • Filter directly the jaggery syrup into the payasam.
  • Now switch off and stir in nicely.
  • Add cardamom powder,stir and serve.

Notes

Instead of jaggery you can very well use sugar but it gives a different taste.
Adding cashews along with poha is optional.
Correct the consistency by adding water when boiling itself.