Ingredients

• 1/2 cup - poha/beaten rice/aval
• 15 or more - dates
• 4 cups - milk, boiled (chill one cup of milk)
• 3 - cardamom
• 6 - cashew nuts (broken)
• 1 tsp - ghee
• Honey - a little (optional)

How to Make Sugarfree poha dates payasam

• Dry roast the poha till golden brown. Grind to a coarse powder. Keep aside.
• Cook dates in 1 cup of milk.
• Cool and grind to a smooth paste.
• Cook powdered poha in 2 cups of milk.
• Now, add the ground dates paste to the cooked poha.
• Thin out with remaining chilled milk.
• Fry cashew and cardamom in ghee and add to the payasam.
• Mix well.
• Garnish with a tsp of honey.
• Cool and serve.
• Recipe courtesy: Nithu's Kitchen
• http://www.nithubala.com/