Ingredients

• 1 liter - whole cream milk.
• 1/4 cup - Poha (beaten rice)
• 1 cup - sugar
• 4-5 pinches cardamom powder
• 4 cashews, broken
• 5 almonds, slivered thinly
• 5 pistachios, slivered thinly
• 15-20 raisins

How to Make Aval Payasam

• Wash Poha, drain and keep aside for 10 minutes.
• Loosen Poha with fingers till each grain separates.
• Boil milk in a large deep vessel.
• Once it starts boiling well, add Poha, stir gently to resume boiling.
• Simmer, stirring occasionally, to almost half in volume.
• Add sugar, cardamom; stir and cook to dissolve.
• Add cashews, raisins, boil for 2 minutes further.
• Garnish with chopped pistachios and almonds.
• Serve hot.