Tulsi Vivah & Krishna Janmashtami special - Bellad Avalakki (Sweet Poha)

Tulasi Vivaha, also called Tulasi Kalyanam, is a Hindu festival, in which a ceremonial wedding of the goddess Tulasi with a shaligrama or an amla branch is held. The Tulasi wedding signifies the end of the monsoon, and the beginning of the wedding season in Hinduism. Made Bellad Avalakki using jaggery and flattened rice on this auspicious occasion.

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Ingredients:

· Thin Poha - 1 ½ cup

· Grated coconut - ½ cup

· Jaggery - ½ cup

· Ghee - 2 tsp

· Cardamom powder - ½ tsp

· Pinch of salt

Method:

· Take a bowl add grated coconut, jaggery and ghee to it. Mix it well with your fingers.

· Now add cardamom powder and salt. Mix it well.

· Now start adding poha to it, use your fingers to mix it well.

· Bellad avalakki is ready to be served.