Divya’s Nalabhagam – Authentic Home-Style Indian Vegetarian Recipes
Welcome to Divya’s Nalabhagam. I’m Divya, a passionate home cook
with a Master’s degree in Nutrition and over 20 years of cooking experience.
This blog shares authentic South and North Indian vegetarian recipes inspired
by homestyle cooking and family traditions — from easy breakfast recipes and
Indian sweets to kuzhambu, side dishes, rice varieties, and festival recipes,
all prepared with simple ingredients and explained step by step.
Vella aval or sweet aval or sweet poha is a yummy and easy to make prasadham for Krishna jayanthi festival.
It is made with simple ingredients like aval(poha), jaggery and grated coconut.There are two versions of this recipe ,one is that we can just mix all the ingredients together without any cooking and the second method is done by cooking the aval(poha) in jaggery syrup.Here I have posted the second method.Check out how to make this traditional vella aval / sweet poha recipe below.
Ingredients
Aval/ poha -1 cup
Jaggery -1/2-3/4 cup
Grated coconut -2 tbsps
Cardamom powder -1/4 Tsp
Recipe Video
Method
👉Wash the aval( poha) gently and drain water completely.Add 1/2 cup warm water to soak the poha. Close with lid and set aside for 10 mins.Then drain water set the aval aside.
👉Simultaneously heat a pan and add jaggery and 1/4 cup water to dissolve it .Mix well until the jaggery dissolves completely and bring the syrup to a boil and strain it to remove impurities.
👉Again pour the jaggery syrup in a clean pan bring to a boil ,once the syrup thickens slightly add the cardamom powder and poha mix well.
👉Once all the moisture is absorbed add grated coconut mix well.
