Sweet Aval Mixture | Sweet Poha Chivda With Jaggery

Every Thursday and Friday, we do Guru pooja and Lakshmi pooja at home in a simple manner. Thinking about what to make as prasadam / neivedyam every week is a big task for me. Even though I know many prasadam recipes like sweet pongal, Kesari, Payasam etc, I always look for simple and healthy naivedyam recipes that can be prepared easily.

For this year Navarathri, I have come to Salem and spending some good time with my in-laws as we don’t have Golu celebration this year. Still we make some sweets and sundal varieties on all these 9 days and offer God. Today my MIL prepared this easy sweet aval mixture for Thursday guru pooja neivedyam.

Its a very simple sweet mixture recipe. There is no deep frying and my MIL had used jaggery instead of sugar. So this is a super quick and super healthy recipe you can munch on for your evening snacks. I am sure kids will love it a lot.

All you need is Poha / Aval, Sesame seeds, Roasted chana dal and jaggery for this recipe. Its so tasty and crunchy to eat. Friends, If you are looking to make some simple sweet mixture along with sundal for this Navratri and Diwali, you must try this recipe. Even bachelors can make this easily. Everyone will love it.

Ok friends, lets jump on to this easy sweet poha chivda / Aval mixture with jaggery in simple steps.

Sweet aval mixture / Sweet Poha chivda

Sweet aval mixture / Sweet Poha chivda recipe for Pooja prasad / Neivedyam

 

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Sweet

Serves: 4

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

 

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup = 250ml Thick Aval / Poha / Pressed rice - 1/2 cup Black or white sesame seeds - 1 tbsp Roasted chana dal / Gram dal / Pottukadalai - 2 tbsp Grated or powdered jaggery - 1/4 cup ( adjust as per you need) Ghee - 1 tbsp Cardamom - 2 (crushed or powdered)

HOW TO MAKE SWEET AVAL MIXTURE

1. Heat a kadai and dry roast the sesame seeds till it splutters.
2. Collect in a plate. Add a tsp of ghee and roast a fistful of poha till it puffs up and become crispy. Remove in the plate.
3. Repeat the same procedure for 1/2 cup of poha. Collect in the plate.
4. Switch off the flame and add in the roasted gram dal. Let it roast in the heat of kadai. Collect in the plate.
5. Let everything cool down. Lastly add grated jaggery and crushed cardamom.
6. Mix well and serve immediately for best taste. Store in an air tight box and consume within a day.

METHOD - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Heat a kadai and dry roast the sesame seeds till it splutters. Remove in a plate. Heat 1 tsp of ghee. Add a fistful of poha / thick aval and roast patiently it turns white and puffs up well. If you try to break it, it will be crunchy. Remove in the sesame seeds plate.  Again add 1 tsp of ghee. Add fistful of poha and roast till crispy and puffy. Remove in the plate. Repeat the procedure until all the poha is roasted. Switch off the flame and add the roasted chana dal. Mix well. Let it roast in the heat of kadai. Remove in the plate. Let everything cool down. Lastly add the crushed cardamom and grated jaggery. Mix well and serve immediately for best taste.

Note

For variations, you can add powdered sugar instead of jaggery. You can also add some ghee roasted cashews. I have not deep fried the poha to make a low calorie version. You can also deep fry in oil and ghee mixture to make it rich. As it is not deep fried, this mixture turns soggy soon. So store it in an air tight box and consume within a day.

Try this easy sweet aval mixture and enjoy at home.

 

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