Sweet Milk Poha Recipe : How to Make Sweet Poha with Milk

Prev Article Next Article

Looking some simple and easy to make sweet snack dish? This sweet milk Poha recipe is a very simple and easy to make sweet dish. This dish is prepared from soft Poha, fresh milk, grated Jaggery, ripe banana and grated coconut. It’s highly delicious and extremely light on the stomach. It can also be served for dessert. This is one such recipe which can be enjoyed both by adults and kids.

Sweet Milk Poha

Author: Karishma Shah
Recipe Category: Sweets
Cuisine: Indian

Description: This sweet milk Poha recipe is a very simple and easy to make sweet dish. This dish is prepared from Poha, milk, grated Jaggery, banana and grated coconut.

Sweet Milk Poha Recipe

Ingredients for Sweet Milk Poha Recipe:

Poha – ½ cup
Milk – ½ cup
Jaggery Powder – 2 tbsp.
Banana (chopped) – 1 piece (small or medium sized)
Grated Coconut (Kadukas Nariyal) – 1 tbsp.

Note: You can use ½ cup thick Poha. You may even use 1/3 cup either thin Poha or thick Poha. If you have red Poha, then use that. It tastes very good with the milk.

The grated Jaggery can also be added. You can also use dry coconut powder as well if you do not have fresh grated coconut.

Steps for Sweet Milk Poha Recipe:

It is very simple, easy and quick to follow the milk Poha recipe. It is one of best sweet snacks which can be made in minutes at home.

Pre-Preparation:

Take a strainer and wash the ½ cup Poha properly.
Rinse the Poha for almost 2 to 3 times till they are totally cleaned.
Repeat this process more than once so that the Poha becomes soft as well while cleaning.
Strain the Poha, drain off the excess water.
Take Poha in your hand and apply gentle pressure on it and remove the water.
Keep the Poha aside in a bowl and proceed further.

Note: If you are using the Poha which are of very hard quality, then soak them in water for 30 minutes.

Prepare Milk Poha:

Take a bowl or a non-stick saucepan and heat milk in it.
Turn off the flame if the milk is warm enough.
Take the banana and peal it off.
Then take another bowl and slice the banana into it.
Now, add 2 tbsp. grated Jaggery on the top of the sliced banana.
Add 1 tbsp. grated coconut on it and mix it gently.
Now, add the Poha in this bowl.
Also pour the ½ cup warm milk in the bowl carefully.
Mix everything gently.
Check the taste, add anything if you want.

And the sweet snack dish is ready! Serve the sweet milk Poha Warm.

Note: You can also add crushed, crumbled, chopped or grated Jaggery over the banana. Add the milk in the bowl as per your preference. You may add less milk than ½ cup milk or more milk.

Additional Information:

Calories: 183 calories
Total Time: PT15M
Serves: 1
Date Published: 2017-01-28

Get Daily Dose of Delicious Recipes… Subscribe Now!

It is among those sweet snack dish recipes which are quick to make. All the ingredients used are healthy which makes this snack full of nutrients. This quick fix recipe comes to rescue when your kids are hungry and you are looking to make something healthy. It can also be made for a quick evening snack. This is an absolute no cook version of making the sweet Poha at home.

Remarks:

The total time required for the Sweet Milk Poha Recipe is 5 minutes
The measured proportion of ingredients makes one small bowl of sweet Poha which can serve 1 person. You can double or triple the recipe.
No need to boil the milk. Just warm it a bit.
The proportion of the milk can be varied.
If you do not have grated Jaggery, you can use Jaggery powder.
Also, if you have palm Jaggery, then use that instead of sugarcane Jaggery.
If you are using the whole Jaggery, then it is recommended to use it after melting it.
You can also use coconut milk.
Always use organic Jaggery as it does not contain any impurities.
For the regular Jaggery with minor impurities, melt in a bit of water. Strain the melted Jaggery and use the Jaggery syrup.

Garnish:

Serve this delicious sweet snack with a glass of warm milk. It would be tummy filling combo and you would feel like a heavy meal. It is a great alternative to our regular cornflakes which you have for your breakfast. You can prepare the sweet Poha and pack it for your kid’s lunchbox or your tiffin.

Below mentioned are the few serving and the garnishing ideas to make the sweet milk Poha look more delicious.

Add 2-3 strands of Kesar over it and serve sweet milk Poha. (buy kesar online)
You can place a roasted almond on it.
You can add Hershey’s chocolate syrup in it and your kids will love it.
Add the almond and pistachio slivers leaving
Garnish with roasted nuts or rose petals.

Quick Tip:

You can add ginger powder and cardamom powder.
You may roast cashew in ghee and add to this Poha.
Even the chopped sweet raisins can also be added.

It is prepared by mixing soaked Poha in Jaggery and Milk. Though the traditional recipes use flattened rice with milk and Jaggery, you can still do some variation and prepare it your way. The chopped banana adds the protein value of the dish. And the grated coconut infuses its own taste and texture to the dish. The fresh coconut enhances the flavours of this dish.

The proportion of each ingredient can be varied as per your choice. The milk can be added less or more. You can even use the coconut milk or sweet almond milk. The Jaggery used can be chopped, grated or even the syrup of Jaggery can be used. The banana tastes well with the above combo. This recipe involves no grinding and no extra work. It is most common sweet snack made for festivals.

This Sweet Poha recipe or commonly known as sweet Milk Poha Recipe is prepared on Krishna Jayanthi. It is known by different names in the different region. As it is very easy to make, it is often prepared in regular days apart from festivals. It is a tasty dish which you can cherish on various Indian festivals. It needs three core elements for its preparation. Whereas the rest of the side elements add to the flavours, texture and taste of the dish. For the nutty aroma, nutty flavour and nutty crunch in your bites, season the Poha with roasted crushed nuts.