Kerala Ada Pradhaman/ Ada Payasam

Kerala Ada Pradhaman/ Ada Payasam

Ingredients:

Rice ada - 1 cup
Jaggery - 300gm
Thin coconut milk - 1 cup
Thick coconut milk - 1/2 cup
Cashew nuts -10 nos
Raisins - 10 nos
Cardamom powder -1/4 tsp
Ghee - 2 tsp

Method of Preparation:

1.Boil water in a pan. Wash ada and cook it in boiling water for around 20 mins or until it becomes soft. 

2 After 30 minutes, drain the water completely and rinse the ada 2-3 times in cold water.
 This is done to prevent the ada from sticking to each other. Drain the water completely.
 Keep it aside for some time.

3.Dissolve jaggery in half cup of water and strain it to remove impurities if any.

4.Heat 2 tsp of ghee and fry the cashew nuts, raisins  separately.
5.Heat  thick wok add  ghee and fry the ada in medium or low flame for 4-5 minutes.

6.Now add jaggery water to the ada and cook in medium flame until it thickens.

7.Once it thickens, add the thin coconut milk . Cook on medium flame until it thickens again.

8.Once it thickens, add the thick coconut milk,

9.Add fried cashew nuts, raisins, cardamom powder. 

10.Mix well and switch off the flame. 
  Delicious Ada Pradhaman is ready. Serve hot or cold with pazham(ripe banana) and    pappadam(Pappad) and enjoy 😋😋😋:)