Ada Pradhaman Recipe - Kerala Style Rice Ada Pudding With Jaggery & Coconut Milk
Ada Pradhaman Recipe is a Kerala Style Rice Ada Pudding With Jaggery & Coconut Milk which is typically served as a dessert in the festival of Onam in Kerala. Ada is the ribbon-shaped dry rice flakes which are soaked in hot water and later slow cooked in jaggery and coconut milk.
Ingredients
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1 cup Rice ada
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1 cup Jaggery
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grated
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1/2 cup Water
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1 cup Coconut milk
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thick (1st extract)
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1-1/2 cups Coconut milk
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(2nd & 3rd extract)
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5 Cashew nuts
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7 Sultana Raisins
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2 teaspoons Fresh coconut
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slices
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1/2 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
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Ghee
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as required
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making the Ada Pradhaman, boil sufficient water in a pan, add rice ada and turn off the gas immediately
Step 2
Let the ada soak for 30 minutes
Step 3
Later drain the water, wash the ada in cold water 2-3 times, strain and keep aside
Step 4
Take a small bowl and soak grated jaggery in 1/2 cup of clean water till jaggery melts
Step 5
Strain through a fine sieve and collect the syrup and discard the impurities
Step 6
Keep it aside
Step 7
Heat 2 tablespoons ghee in a wok/kadai and add cashews, raisins and coconut pieces
Step 8
Fry them till they turn golden and keep it aside
Step 9
In the same wok, add 1 tablespoon ghee and saute the rice ada for a minute
Step 10
After a minute, add the jaggery syrup in the ada and allow it to cook on medium flame till the jaggery starts to thicken
Step 11
Now, add the thin coconut milk and cook again on medium flame till it thickens
Step 12
Add some cardamom powder, fried cashews, raisins and thick coconut milk and turn off the gas immediately
Step 13
Don't boil or cook after adding the thick milk
Step 14
Garnish Ada Pradhaman with few fried cashews and serve hot or chilled
Step 15
Serve Ada Pradhaman with Kerala Style Onam meal and enjoy warm or cold