Poha puttu /Avalputtu

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Written By Radha Natarajan

Poha puttu

Poha puttu ot aval puttu is a qucik easy way toprepare a neivediyam for Krishna Jayanthi or any festival like Fridays or Tuesdyas and all days of Navarathri .

Moreover It also makes a delicious helathy snack when prepred with red poha flakes or even millet flakes .

Furthermore Youngsters and beginners to cooking can try this without fail and make excellent neivediyam with simple ingredinetgs .

Practically a no cook recipe , you will agree tht making prasadams is a breeze with poha and all the more divine as Lord Krishna preferred this humble poha to anything else .

poha puttu

Poha puttu /aval puttu

poha puttu

Poha puttu

The collage above is explanatory !

Ingredients

1 cup thin poha or aval flakes, you can use red poha too for more nutrition .

3-4 tbsp powdered jaggery or as preferred .

pinch of cardamom powder

1/4 cup or as desired fresh grated coconut

10 cashews and raisins ghee fried

1 tbsp ghee

method

Just wipe the poha with a cotton cloth if you feel it seems dusty .

Dry roast poha till crispy .Allow to cool on a plate .

Powder the poha to a sooji or rava like texture .

Take a saute pan ,add 1 tbsp ghee, fry cashew and raisins .

Take a bowl , add the powdered poha powder .

sprinkle hot water little by little to prevent adding too much .

mix with fingers , the powder must be coated just enough with water and must be moistened .

now cover and allow to sit for 3 min utes till the poha is well moistened andappears fluffed.

gently crumble th mixture to see it is all light and fluffy .

add a pinch of cardamom powder , jaggery powder , ghee fried cashews and raisinns, grated coocnut , mix well .

Delicious quick poha puttu is ready for neivediyam .

Add extra ghee for topping and mix again .

poha puttu

Poha puttu

Here is my Instagram reel of the same

Watch the video below to prepare coconut poha and jaggery poha for neivediyam

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