Coconut Poha Recipe | Thengai Aval Recipe

Coconut Poha is a quick and easy breakfast which can be prepared in just a few minutes. Thenga Aval or Coconut Poha is a light and delicious dish made using poha, tempering spices and coconut. Learn how to make coconut poha with step by step pictures

Coconut Poha / Thengai Aval / Coconut Aval Upma is one of the easy variations of the usual Awal Upma. i made it the way we make it coconut rice And it is very quick and easy to make for breakfast or as an evening snack.

About Coconut Aval

Coconut Poha is nothing but a simple poha upma made with tempered spices, poha and coconut. Coconut Poha is an easy and quick recipe that can help you out when you are short on time.

This Coconut Poha is great to serve as breakfast and snack. It is nutritious and filling, so it can be given to children also. Do try this easy and quick coconut poha and enjoy!

Coconut Poha Ingredients

• Poha – I have used thick poha. You can soak and use thick or thin poha as per your convenience.
• Cashew Cashews are broken and roasted until golden and then used.
• Ghee, Oil – Oil and ghee are used.
• tempering Oil is heated and then tempering of mustard seeds, urad urad, asafoetida, curry leaves and green chillies is added.

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How to make coconut poha step by step

1. Soak the awl for 3-5 minutes (depending on the variety of awl you use), keep aside. Heat ghee in a pan and fry the cashews until they turn golden brown and keep them aside. Heat oil in the same pan – add the items listed under ‘For tempering’ and let it splutter.

2. Then drain the water from the aval and add it to the things being tempered, add salt as required. Stir vigorously, then add the coconut and mix well. Finally add fried cashews and turn off.

Serve hot with coconut chutney or any chutney of your choice!

Expert Tips

• Adjust the soaking time according to the variety of poha. If the poha is thin then take it out immediately after soaking it for a minute, otherwise it will become mushy.
• If you want, after applying tempering, you can also add chopped onion to it.
• While seasoning, you can add red chilli instead of green chilli. For a change, you can also use cumin seeds while seasoning.

serving and storage

Coconut Poha can be served with curd, pickle but it also tastes very good.

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