AVALAKKI PANCHAKAJJAYA RECIPE | SIHI AVALAKKI | SWEET POHA RECIPE

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Avalakki Panchakajjaya or Sweet Poha– a super easy and tasty snack made with thin poha that one can make in 10 mins . This sihi avalakki or panchakajjaya is generally distributed in temple and is one of the most common divine neivedhyam dish.

If you want more easy peasy snacks ,then you can check out – Avlakki Upkari , Avlakki chiwda , Peanut Sundal , Curd poha etc

ABOUT AVALAKKI PANCHAKAJJAYA

Sweet Poha / Avlakki Panchakajjaya is an easy and tasty snack made from Thin Poha , Coconut , Jaggery and elaichi powder . It’s a no cook dish and one can make it in 10 mins . Very simple recipe , that i have grown up eating during childhood days but yet this remains one of my favorite dish till date.

In our house during Krishna Janmashtami , Ganesha Chaturthi , Tulsi Pooja .. we usually do this sweet poha as neivedhyam. You might have tasted this sweet poha in many temples as prasadam.

To make this Avalakki panchakajjaya , we use 5 ingredients , ie thin Poha , Jaggery , Coconut , Ghee and Black sesame seeds. Hence this dish is known as Panchakajjaya .

For Gana homa too , we make a similar Sweet poha , but then we use 8 ingredients . Banana , Sugar cane and puffed paddy are the 3 extra ingredients . hence the dish is known as Ashta dravya

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To begin with in a mixing bowl add a cup of fresh grated Coconut , 1/2 cup Jaggery and and 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder

Combine nicely with you hands . Here i have taken powdered Jaggery . If you are using block jaggery , grate them little using a knife and add .Adjust the quantity of Jaggery as per you preference

Jaggery combines with moisture from coconut and becomes little watery

later add a tsp of Ghee , 1-2 tsp roasted black Sesame seeds

To make this dish we will be using Paper Poha or thin variety poha . Here , i have taken 2 cup thin poha for 1 cup fresh grated Coconut. To the coconut Jaggery mix add thin poha , mix nicely using your hands

Mixing well using your hands helps poha to get softer and also helps in absorbing flavors.Let it sit for 5 mins . This helps in absorbing flavors and helps in making poha softer .

Avallaki panchakajjaya is ready now .

Points to note :

• Poha / Avalakki – use thin / paper poha to make this dish for best result .
• Add jaggery based on your sweet preference. You can use powdered jaggery or grate jaggery and add.
• Use fresh coconut for best taste.
• Can increase the quantity of coconut, it gives nice soft texture to panchakajjaya .
• Use you hands to mix . Mixing well using your hands helps Poha to get softer and also helps in absorbing flavors .
• If you want you can top it with few Banana slices .