Monday, October 19, 2015

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.


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