Beaten Rice or Aval with Jaggery

Aval with jaggery is a nice evening snack for children. It is healthy compare to outside bakery sweets. 

Ingredients

1. Aval or beaten rice or poha – 2 cups
2. Jaggery - 1 cup
3. Coconut (Scraped) – 1 cup
4. Cardamom - 04 nos (powdered)
5. Water – ¼ cup
6. Dry ginger powder – ¼ tsp
7. Ghee -2 tsp
8. Cashew nut – 05 nos
9. Raisins (Kismis) – 05 nos

Methods

1. In a thick bottomed pan, melt jaggery with water on low flame.  Once the  jaggery is melted, strain it to remove the impurities.

2. Reheat the syrup till it reaches one thread consistency.

3. Now add the scraped coconut.  Sauté it till it all the water gets absorbed. 

4. Add the beaten rice, mix it nicely so that it gets coated with the jaggery and coconut mixture.

5. Add cardamom powder and dry ginger powder.  Mix it again and then turn off the stove.  Keep it aside.

6. In another pan, heat ghee, add cashew nuts and raisins and fry it till cashew become light brown and add this to the beaten rice and jaggery mixture. 

Serve hot or cool