Doodh Pauva, rice flakes delicacy from the gujarati cuisine.

Doodh pauva, Rice flakes delicacy.
I love to have a warm breakfast. Yet the morning hours of getting  the kids ready, lunchboxes and other gazillion  jobs to get on with-  the breakfast often gets a lukewarm treatment . in such cases we resort to a cornflakes breakfast. It sounds  lucrative.. ” had breakfast” .  Honestly, the bowl of cornflakes  seldom holds me up until midday.. It leaves such an enormous  craving for food. Overall the whole day I pretty much crave junk.. and eat more than I ever should.
With one such a day on the run, “today”,  I decided to put an end to all the cold breakfast running late.  There is nothing more easier than a good bowl of rice flakes .
  The red rice flakes soaked in warm milk  is what I have seen my mom have before the quick dash she does to catch her bus to her work place.  When this image flashed in mind. I use to love it too.. With a generous sprinkle of Jaggery she used to serve this as a snack too . The aroma of the hand pounded fresh rice flakes is addictive.
 Doodh pauva, Rice flakes delicacy.

Rice flakes breakfast delicacy.

 

Now, this is the same recipe which  is Doodh  pauva, is a Gujarati must have on the auspicious full moon day of Sharad  Poornima. So my morning glory can be a perfect moonlight dessert to share.  The recipe for the festive food  doodh pauva  however has the milk reducing to nearly half the quantity  and sugar to load up. So I take the shortcut version  to serve.  When in a glorious mood I do the same with golden masala milk, making me feel all so special. It becomes my naivedyam, on festival days too.
Currently, I do not have the hand pound red poha /aval /avallaki/riceflakes. So, now a days am satisfied with the white flakes.  When I do get a handful of the red flakes… I will upload a pic for you…till then enjoy this recipe version.
For the vegan version I simply replace the milk with almond milk…. love love the density of the almond milk or the creaminess of the cashew milk.
Happy mornings….
Doodh pauva, Rice flakes delicacy.

Doodh Pauva.

From the Gujarati festive cuisine
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Course Breakfast, Desserts, Snacks, Traditional
Cuisine Baby toddler food, gluten free, gujarati, Indian, Kids choice, One pot, Vegetarian, Winter
Servings 2 people
Calories 229 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups milk skimmed, plant based like soy, cashew or almonds
  • 1/2 cup riceflakes poha/ aval/ avalakki
  • 2 tbsp jaggery grated / syrup
  • 2 tbsp Assorted nuts crushed
  • saffron few strands
  • 1/4 tsp cardamom powder

Instructions
 

  • Wash riceflakes and set aside     Five minutes before serving, add soaked pauva to the masala milk. Mix and then serve   Top with more crushed nuts and serve.
  • In a pan, boil milk. Once it is boiled, switch off the flame. if using plant based milks warm up the milk.
  • In a bowl add milk, saffron  strands and cardamom powder
  • To assemble , add the desired amount of poha to the bowl. Top with the flavoured milk, sprinkle in the jaggery and top with nuts
  • Serve after two minutes so that the rice flakes can soften too. Serve with mixed fruits.

Notes

Plant based milks taste wonderful too but then mind the soaking time of the rice flakes.
I store the jaggery as a syrup by boiling it in water till a honey texture and strain out the impurities.

Nutrition

Serving: 100gCalories: 229kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 9gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 120mgPotassium: 588mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 21g
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Maya Maceka
6 years ago

Seriously, this looks so fresh and delicious! I’ll have to try it this weekend.

Poonam Bachhav
6 years ago

Quick and healthy breakfast option..perfect for busy mornings !!

Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth
6 years ago

This is really interesting! Umma has poha in her black tea sometimes as breakfast… this sounds like a good one to try for suhoor… soon for sure!

Dieter
6 years ago

Amazing, amazing, i get hungry immidiate, professional work here, wow wow wow

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