Aval Nanaichathu means soaked flattened rice in tamil, it's one of the easiest and no cook snack/sweet to prepare in mins. Since krishna jeyanthi is tomorrow, thought of sharing this easy sweet poha/ aval recipe with you all. 

It's been one of my favorite snacks/sweeta since my childhood and i have fond memories of had  this as after school snack. All you need is some poha/aval, sugar and hot milk. Mix it together and let it sit for few mins, your sweet poha/ aval is ready. 

As it's it tastes so good, for extra flavor and taste,here in the recipe, i have added some cardamon powder & coconut, but that's totally optional. Happy Krishna Jeyanthi to all, now let's see how to make this super quick aval recipe.  

Aval Nanaichathu | Sweet Aval | Sweet Poha

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Serves : 1 
Recipe Category: Sweet | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Aval Nanaichahu, Sweet Aval, No Cook Sweet Aval Nanaichathu means soaked flattened rice in tamil, it's one of the easiest and no cook snack/sweet to prepare in mins.

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Ingredients
Aval / Poha /Flatted Rice - 1/2 cup
Milk - 3/4 cup
Sugar - 1 tbsp
Grated Coconut - 1 tbsp
Cardamon powder - a pinch

Procedure

Measure and take the aval/poha in a serving bowl, add the cardamon powder in it.

Next add the coconut and sugar, mix it well. Heat the milk until it comes to boil. 

Pour the hot milk into the aval/poha, mix it well, give it a resting time time of 5 mins. If needed add some nuts on the top while serving.
Tada, Super Quick Sweet Poha/Aval Nanaichathu is ready.

Related: How to Aval with Palm Jaggery

Notes:

• Add more or less of milk as per the consistency you like.
• The given measurement is just for reference or how i make it. You can add more or less of all ingredients and make it as you like.
• Give a resting time helps the poha to soak well and infuse the flavor too.
• Here in the recipe, i have used thin variety of poha
  

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Aval Dosai | Poha Dosa | Dosa variety

Aval Dosai/Poha Dosa, a spongy & tasty dosa made with raw rice and poha. It's a recent addition to our breakfast menu. Few months back, during shopping, i wrongly picked the thin variety of poha, it's so thin & good for having as it only. For cooking, it's not suitable and  turns into mushy. 
Suddenly i remembered this dosa that i bookmarked from palakkad cooking ,though the recipe calls for thick variety poha, i tried it with thin variety with different  proportion of rice and poha in very small quantity. To my surprise,it turns out so spongy and tasty. From that day onwards, i'm making this regularly for our breakfast . The taste of this dosa is kind of in between the dosa and appam. So if you like appam or dosa, then give it a try, surely you will love this dosa.

Aval Dosai|Poha Dosai

Preparation Time : 8 hrs for fermenting | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Makes : 10 to 12 dosa 
Recipe Category: Breakfast | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
Raw Rice - 1 cup
Thin Aval/Poha - 1/2 cup
Fenugreek seed - 1/2 tsp
Buttermilk - as needed
Salt - to taste
Oil for making dosa

Procedure

Wash the raw rice well and add fenugreek seed into it and soak it for 2 hrs. Take aval in a bowl and add  butter milk just enough to soak the aval for 30 mins.Drain the water and add rice into mixie jar along with enough water and grind into smooth batter in mixie and pour into large vessel.Then add the soaked aval into  mixie jar and grind into smooth paste and pour into the rice batter.Add enough salt and mix it with your hands till rice and aval batter throughly mix together.Cover the batter with lid and keep it aside for 8 hrs or overnight. Next day, mix the batter with laddle and it should be in pouring consistency, if not , add enough water and make it as pouring consistency. Heat the dosa pan ,pour a laddle full of batter and spread gently like uttapam.Drizzle some oil on the edges.Cover the dosa pan with lid and cook on medium flame until it's done. Remove it from the pan with spatula,no need to flip the dosa.Tasty & Spongy Aval Dosa is ready. Serve it with sambar or chutney.We had it with moong dal sambar & ellu podi.

Notes:

• If you're using thick aval, 1/3 cup is enough.
• If you don't have buttermilk, then beat curd with enough water and use it.
• This dosa is slightly sweet because of raw rice and aval.
• This batter doesn't rise much as dosa batter after ferment.
• As this dosa have slight sweetness, any spicy chutney or podi really goes well with this.
  

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