Easy aval-badam paayasam

I tried this recipe for Navaratri today and it came out very well.

Thick aval - 1.5 cups
Almonds - 1-2 handfuls
Sugar - As required
Saffron - As required
Milk - 1 gallon (I use whole)
Ghee - 3-4 spoons

Boil water and soak the almonds. Keep them aside.
Wash the aval, drain well.
In a pan, add the ghee and roast the washed aval until a nice aroma comes / it is fried well.
Transfer to a large container that can hold a gallon of milk. Add 1/2 gallon of milk and the fried aval and let it cook.

Meanwhile, peel the almonds and grind together with saffrons into a fine paste.

When the aval-milk mixture comes to a nice boil, stir for a few minutes, lower the flame and add the almond-saffron paste.

Let the whole mixture cook for 5-10 minutes. Add sugar, remaining 1/2 gallon milk and bring to a boil. When it comes to a boil, simmer for a 5-10 minutes and turn off the stove.

Optionally, you can add charoli seeds, crushed pistachios etc.

Let it cool down a bit.

Offer to Krishna and then to devotees.

Strawberry Banana Healthy Muffins

Ingredients:
2 bananas mashed/pureed
12 small/medium sized strawberries mashed/pureed
1 stick butter
1/2 cup almond meal
3/4 cup saththu maavu (or multi grain flour)
1 cup whole grain flour (I used aashirvaad atta)
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Procedure:

Cream the brown sugar and butter. Add mashed bananas, strawberries, vanilla essence and whisk/mix well. Fold in chopped pecans.
Add all the flours and baking powder/baking soda, mix well. Sieve and fold into the sugar/butter/fruit mixture.

Spoon into muffin pans and bake at 370 for 10-25 minutes, depending on the size of your muffin pan until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the muffin comes out clean.

Cool and offer to Krishna!

Enjoy healthy breakfast muffins.