Nombu Adai
A traditional Kerala sweet snack made with care and a generous hand of ghee. The kind of thing grandmothers make for festivals and grandchildren make excuses to visit for.
Ingredientsfor 2 servings
- 1 cup Rice flour
- 2 cup Jaggery — crushed
- 11/2 cup Water
- 1/2 cup Green gram soaked and cooked, Cheru payar
- 1 tsp Ghee
- 1 pinch Cardamom powder (Elakka)
- 5 - Banana leafs Vazha ela
Preparation
Step 1
Keep water to boil in a vessel.
Step 2
When it starts boiling, add jaggery.
Step 3
When jaggery is completely dissolved, add the rice flour and cardamom powder and Stir everything together thoroughly to form a thick dough like of puris.
Step 4
Keep the dough aside to bring it to room temparature.
Step 5
After that, add the cooked payar and ghee and mix it well.
Step 6
Get a small banana leaf. Clean it well.
Step 7
Make small balls off the dough.
Step 8
Keep the balls in banana leaf and with wet hands, just press it gently to form a small circle.
Step 9
Make all adais like this and heat the idli cooker keep this in that and cook for about 15 minutes.
Step 10
The hot adai is ready to serve with butter.
Tip
Jaggery burns easily. Melt it on low heat and always strain it to remove grit before adding it to the mixture.
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