ADA PRATHAMAN

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   Have a Sweet Morning

   Today I am telling about a delicious recipe which is very special to vegetarians. Everyone like Ada Prathaman in sadya. We can prepare this delicious item very easily.

ADA PRATHAMAN

   Ada Prathaman is a traditional Kerala delicacy consisting of rice ada which is made with rice flour in plantain leaf and cook in boiling water.  Prathaman is a sweet dish in the form of a thick liquid ; similar to the payasam, but with more variety in terms of ingredients and more elaborately made. It is made with jaggery and coconut milk. The main difference between Prathaman and Payasam is that, in prathaman we use coconut milk but in payasam we use cow's milk. In sadya, prathaman is  served as desserts after meals. See the recipe of delicious Ada Prathaman below :

INGREDIENTS

Ada - 500 g

Jaggery - 300 g

Ghee - 3 table spoon

Coconut bits - 1 cup

Coconut milk (first consistency milk)  - 21/2 cup (of 3coconuts)

Coconut milk (second consistency milk) - 3 cup

Coconut milk (third consistency milk) - 5 cup

Cashew Nuts - 100g

Raisins - 75g

Cardamom powder - 1 teaspoon

Dried ginger powder - 1 teaspoon

PREPARATION

   Powder jaggery and dissolve in some water. Boil this jaggery water and keep aside. When it get cool, pass the jaggery water through a sieve to drain the impurities from it. Boil some water in a vessel. Wash ada and add it to the boiling water. Add one teaspoon ghee into it. Cook ada for some time. Remove it from stove and drain the boiled water from it and wash the cooked ada in cold water to avoid sticking. Drain the water from ada and keep it aside. At the same time put a heavy bottomed vessel or uruli on stove and add some ghee into it. When it get hot, put coconut bits to it and fry it. Then add cashew nuts and raisins respectively. Fry them and keep it aside. Finally add cooked ada into vessel and saute well. Add boiled jaggery to the sauteed ada and stir well. Add the third consistency milk to it and stir again. Allow ada to cook well in jaggery. When it get thick, add the second consistency milk and cook. Stir occasionally. 

   The prathaman get cooked, add the first consistency milk and stir well. Allow the prathaman to boil. Then add the cardamom powder and dried ginger powder and mix well. Finally garnish the prathaman with cashew nuts, raisins and coconut bits.

Our traditional and tasty Ada Prathaman is ready to serve.

Try this recipe today itself and enjoy the awesome taste...

STEP BY STEP METHOD

1.Powder jaggery and dissolve in water.

2: Boil jaggery water and pass through a sieve to drain the impurities.

3 : Put ada in a vessel and wash it.

4. Boil water in a vessel. Add ada in boiling water and cook for some time.

5: Remove cooked ada from hot water. Pass cold water through cooked ada to avoid sticking each other. Drain the water from ada.

6. Pour ghee in a hot Uruli. Add coconut bits into it and fry.

7. Stir occasionally... Remove the fried coconut bits from Uruli.

8. Add cashew nuts to the ghee and stir. Add raisins also to this and stir occasionally.

9. Remove fried cashew nuts and raisins from uruli and add cooked ada into the Uruli and saute well.

10. Add jaggery into the Uruli and stir. Add third consistency milk and stir occasionally..

11. Add second consistency milk when the prathaman get thick.

12. Allow the ada to get cooked. Stir occasionally..

13. Add first consistency milk (thick milk) when the ada get cooked.

14. Stir occasionally. Allow the prathaman to get boiled.

15. Add cardamom powder and dried ginger powder to the cooked prathaman and mix well.

16. Add fried coconut bits, cashews and raisins to the prathaman and stir well.

17. Turn off the flame. Now delicious Ada Prathaman is ready to serve. Garnish it with fried coconuts and serve,,,,

18. Enjoy the traditional taste of Kerala

How is this Ada Prathaman? Share your valuable comments and suggestions here.

Thank You

BINDU JAYESH

bindurohinipillai@gmail.com