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Kerala · Lunch

Ada Pradhaman

Traditional 39. Ada Pradhaman recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• Ada (rice cake): 4 pieces
• 1 cup thin coconut milk
• 1/2 cup thick coconut milk
• 3/4 cup jaggery
• 3 tbsp ghee
• 10 cashew pieces
• 12 raisins
• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
• Pinch of salt

👩‍🍳 How to make Ada Pradhaman

1. Prepare ada (if making fresh, 15 mins): Make rice flour dough with jaggery filling, wrap in banana leaf, steam until cooked. Or use store-bought ada.
2. Fry nuts (2 mins, high heat): Heat 2 tbsp ghee, fry cashews until golden. Remove. Fry raisins. Remove. Visual: nuts golden and puffed.
3. Soak ada (3 mins, no heat): Chop cooked ada into small pieces, soak in 1/2 cup thin coconut milk. Visual: ada softens, absorbs milk.
4. Combine (8 mins, low heat): Add soaked ada to jaggery milk, heat gently through. Visual: ada pieces coated in jaggery milk.
5. Finish (3 mins, low heat): Add thick coconut milk, remaining ghee, cardamom powder, salt. Heat gently through. Do NOT boil.
6. Garnish (1 min, no heat): Top with fried cashews and raisins.

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