aval puttu recipe in tamil - 1

 Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 20 Mins | Serves: 1-2

  Aval | poha  1/2 cup (thick or medium thick variety)   Jaggery  1/4 cup   Cashew nuts  few (optional)   Coconut  1 tblsp   Ghee  1 tsp   Cardamom powder  a pinch      Â

Aval vella puttu in tamil - 2

Method:

  • Pulse the poha | aval in a mixie to get a rava consistency.

  • Do not make it a powder.

aval puttu 1 - 3
  • Sprinkle 2 tblsp of hot water to this and gently mix it together and keep it aside for 10 minutes.
  • After 10 minutes the poha would have observed the water and sprinkle 1 or 2 tblsp of water to it.
  • Keep it aside for 10 minutes. Now the poha|aval will be very soft.
aval puttu 4 - 4
  • Melt the jaggery in a pan by adding 2 tblsp of water to it.
  • Filter for impurities if any and boil this again. We need to get a hard ball consistency.
aval puttu 2 - 5
  • You can check this by adding little jaggery water to the a small bowl of water.
  • If you could make a hard ball out of this then the consistency is perfect.
aval puttu 3 - 6
  • Switch off the flame. Add the aval to this and mix evenly.
aval puttu 5 - 7
  • Add the cardamom powder and coconut. Mix well.
aval puttu 6 - 8
  • In 1 tsp of ghee fry few cashew nuts and add it to the aval puttu.
  • If you do not want to add cashew nuts just add 1 tsp of ghee only.
  • Mix well.
aval puttu 7 - 9
  • Aval vella puttu is ready for neivedhyam.
Aval puttu in tamil - 10
  1. Sprinkling hot water makes the puttu soft. Do not sprinkle water and make the puttu immediately.
  2. Do not add too much water at a time. Slowly sprinkle water to get the sandy texture.
  3. This puttu stays soft for more than 3 hours.
  4. Keep in a airtight container to retain softness.
  5. The jaggery was just perfect, if you need this more sweeter, add 1-2 tblsp extra and not more than that.