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Aval Vilayichathu – Arusuvai Friendship Chain
I received the secret ingredient for Arusuvai Friendship Chain from dear Bharathy of spicychilly. ‘Aval’ or rice flakes was the surprise ingredient that she sent me. That too the Kerala variety made with brown rice. So I had no option but to post some authentic Kerala recipe!
Aval Vilayichathu is an all time favourite of Keralites! It is made with aval, coconut and jaggery as the main ingredients. This is a very delicious snack and nutritious too! I have used the Kerala dark brown jaggery which my husband brought from Kerala. This gives a dark brown colour to the snack. I think the wait was worth it!
What you need
Aval or rice flakes – 4 cups
Jaggery – 2 cups
Grated coconut -1 cup
Cardamom powder – 1 tsp
Sesame seeds – 1 tsp
Ghee – 2 tsp
Method
Break the jaggery into small pieces. Pour half a cup of water to it and melt it on flame. Strain it and keep aside. Put the aval in a vessel and sprinkle some water. Mix well so that the aval is just wet. Keep aside for 10 minutes. Heat ghee in a non stick pan and splutter sesame seeds. Pour the melted jaggery and add the grated coconut. Stir well for 2 minutes. Add the wet aval and cardamom powder. Mix well for 2 minutes till the aval is well coated wit the jaggery and coconut. Put off the fire. Transfer it to a serving dish. This can be stored in the refrigerator for a month. Make more of it and store. Take out the quantity you want, warm for 20 seconds in the microwave and serve.
Now I am sending the secret ingredients to my dear blogger friends Latha and Rachel.
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Cool blog Lissie, I did the change in my blog roll!:)
November 28th, 2007 at 11:21 pmAval sweet looks so delicious, Arusuvai is going very well!
Congrats on the move dear. I bet you must be really happy to have your own place. Aval sweet looks very delicious. You have made a very good use of it.
November 29th, 2007 at 12:21 amGreat recipe I love your blogs new look its fantastic.
November 29th, 2007 at 3:35 amNice recipe with the surprise aval lissie! I am eagerly waiting for my packet!
How thrilling it can be to wait for the courier! 
loving the Arusuvai! Really bringing out the flavours of life! 
November 29th, 2007 at 7:13 amMy husband just loves this so much and since I don’t make it very often (i prefer savoury preparations), when my MIL was here, she made it so often for him. Made him very happy.
November 29th, 2007 at 9:19 amLooks really good.
lovely recipe with the surpise ingredient!
Awaiting my ingredient!
great looking space here
November 29th, 2007 at 6:25 pmThe new org site looks absolutely gorgeous!!!,,It is lovvvvely to see my ingredient in this brand new place
I am a lover of red-aval..nutritous and light and has that traditional Kerala touch!..
Thnks for coming out with the best of the recipe from my surprise ing..(I had wanted this recipe soooo badly from you)Tight Hugs.
Rachel and Lathamma would surely get to inform you as soon as they receive.Lets see waht you had in store for them!!
November 29th, 2007 at 10:10 pmLove this Lissie. Congrats on your own domain. Love all your posts.
November 29th, 2007 at 11:03 pmOh my, Lovely site u have Lissie and thanks for dropping by my blog which lead to urs.. First I thought u are some american or international blogger.. to my surprise u turned out to be Indian..
Subscribed to ur blog..will visit again dear!
take care and cya.:)
~ Siri
November 29th, 2007 at 11:36 pmThis is such a wonderful friendship connection.
Love the look of your blog.
November 30th, 2007 at 8:58 amHey i would have not known if u hadn’t send me the link of the new blog.
November 30th, 2007 at 9:11 pmLooks good i mean the new blog.
The aval looks delicious.I love aval velayichathu.
thanks asha, jeena, rina and cynthia for your lovely comments!
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December 1st, 2007 at 10:09 pmlaavanya, make it for your hubby and slowly you will also start loving it
thank you latha for starting the Arusuvai Friendship Chain! loved to be part of it…
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December 1st, 2007 at 10:18 pmrachel and latha, by this time you both might have received the secret ingredients!!!
thanks a lot bharathy, for having encouraged me so much to take part in the event!!!
thank you happy cook for being such a good friend!
December 1st, 2007 at 10:20 pmnice recipe with the surprise ingredient.
December 8th, 2007 at 11:27 pmJust came across your blog while checking out Arusuvai. Aval vilayichathu is not one of my favourites but my husband and daughter just love it.
December 26th, 2007 at 7:26 pmhmm.. bookmarked
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