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Ada Pradhaman Recipe

Ada Pradhaman is a dessert popular in Kerala that is made using rice ada, jaggery, and coconut milk. It's usually made during the Onam season. After making the rice ada, you add melted jaggery and stir it in. Then you add coconut milk and cashews and raisins that have been toasted in ghee. It is easy and doesn't take much time to make. Learn how to make ada pradhaman with step by step pictures and video. 
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 8 servings
Calories 693 kcal

Equipment

  • Cooking pot

Ingredients
  

For Cooking Ada

  • 1 cup Rice Ada 200 grams
  • 6 cups Water

For Ada Pradhaman

For Garnishing

  • 4 tablespoon Ghee
  • 4 tablespoon Coconut chopped finely
  • 3 tablespoon Cashews
  • 3 tablespoon Kishmish (Golden Raisins)

Instructions
 

  • Take water in a sauce pan and bring it to a full boil. Add rice ada in boiling water and cook for 8 to 10 minutes until it is completely cooked. It should be very soft. Strain this using a fine mesh strainer and rinse it slightly. Set aside.
  • Now take jaggery and water in a heavy bottom pan and bring it to a full boil. If using jaggery balls, you might need to strain the syrup. Now pour the syrup back into the pan and cook until it comes to a full boil. Add in cooked ada into the syrup and mix well.
  • Cook ada and jaggery until it gets thick. It will take around 10 minutes. This step is important to deepen the flavour. Now add in 3 tablespoon of ghee 1 tablespoon at a time and mix well. It should get thick and jam like.
  • Once it reaches that consistency. Reduce the flame and add in second extract coconut milk and stir gently. Now bring this whole thing to a boil while keep mixing continuously. Once it reaches boil, add in cardamom powder, salt and mix well.
  • Now reduce the flame to low. Add in first coconut milk and mix well. Turn off the heat immediately after adding first thick extract coconut milk.
  • Heat ghee in a pan. Add in chopped coconut and fry till golden. Now add in cashews and raisins and cook until golden brown. Pour this into the ada pradaman and mix well.
  • Serve hot.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingsCalories: 693kcalCarbohydrates: 79gProtein: 5gFat: 41gSaturated Fat: 32gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 29mgPotassium: 366mgFiber: 1gSugar: 54gVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 56mgIron: 5mg
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