Avil / flattened rice / poha is very healthy and sweetened avil is supposed to be Lord Krishna's favorite.
The story goes that Sudama / Kuchela , a childhood friend of Lord Krishna was living in utter poverty and decided to visit Him to seek favours.
But being very poor Kuchela's wife could find only some flattened rice at home to gift The Lord. She packed this as a present.
Lord Krishna and his wife Rukmini, relished the avil and bestowed Sudama with many riches.
Today is Lord Krishna's birthday.
What better way to celebrate his kindness than by preparing sweet Avil?
Ingredients:
Avil / poha / flattened rice - 1 cup
Jaggery / sharkara - 3/4 cup
Coconut - 1/2 cup packed tight
Cardamom - 2
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Til seeds / Ellu - 1/2 tbsp
Cashewnuts broken - 1 tbsp
Pottu kadala / roasted gram dal - 1/2 tbsp
Heat ghee and first fry cashewnuts till golden brown and keep aside.
In the same ghee, next fry the pottu kadala and keep aside.
Fry the avil next. It will shrink considerably.You will find that all the ghee has been absorbed by the avil. Keep this aside.
Add the til seeds to the hot pan and when it pops move this also.
Heat 1 cup water and add the jaggery. Melt and sieve.
To this sieved liquid jaggery add the coconut and ground cardamom.
Heat till all the water gets nearly evaporated.
Then add the fried avil.
Mix thoroughly and add the fried cashewnuts, til and pottu kadala.
Cool and store in air tight container.
This stays fresh outside for 2 days and when refridgerated for upto a week.
Since the coconut is fresh, it gets a stale smell after 2 days.
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