Aval Kesari - a simple yet delicious dessert with puffed rice

Ingredients: 

• 1 cup puffed rice
• 1/4 cup clarified butter (ghee)
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 water
• 1 tsp. orange coloring (if desired)
• 1 tsp. powdered cardamom
• 6 almonds broken into small pieces or halves (roast in ghee until brown)

Method:

• Roast aval (puffed rice) in a flat pan or wok with 1/2 a Tbsp. of ghee
• Add water and cook the aval. Should take about 5 minutes
• Add sugar and let it dissolve into the contents
• Add food coloring and ghee
• Mix everything well while stirring so the contents don't stick to pan
• Finally, sprinkle cardamom and mix
  
  

^ Please contact me for help with any of these ingredients or utensils.