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Special Ela Ada

Sweet, rich, and deeply satisfying — this is the snack that shows up at every Kerala celebration, temple festival, and Onam Sadya. Made with jaggery, coconut, and patience.

Ingredientsfor 5 servings

Rice Flour : 2 cup
Coconut : 1 Cup — grated
Salt, to taste
Sugar / Jaggery powder (only for making sweet Ada, to taste
Plantain leaves : some

Preparation

Step 1
Mix the rice flour with water (preferably hot water) and salt and make a dough of it.
Step 2
Get some of the dough and put it in the plantain leaf and spread it within the leaf by applying some coconut oil / ghee / water on the palm.
Step 3
Then put some grated coconut on half part of the spreaded dough.(if need sweet ada, then add some sugar / jaggery powder on top of the coconut).
Step 4
Fold the leaf as shown in the below picture.
Step 5
Heat the dosa making stone or frying pan and place the folded plantain leaf containing the dough, on it and cook it in low flame.
Step 6
After about 5 to 10 minutes, turn the ada to other side and cook it further and when both side of the ada is cooked well take it out from the stone / pan.
Step 7
Get the ada from the leaf and change it into a plate / casserole.
Step 8
This ada can be served with morning / evening tea as tiffin.

Tip

The binding point is everything — cook the mixture just until it holds shape when pressed. Overcooked, it turns hard; undercooked, it crumbles.

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Special Ela Ada

Sweet, rich, and deeply satisfying — this is the snack that shows up at every Kerala celebration, temple festival, and Onam Sadya. Made with jaggery, coconut, and patience.

Ingredientsfor 5 servings

Rice Flour : 2 cup
Coconut : 1 Cup — grated
Salt, to taste
Sugar / Jaggery powder (only for making sweet Ada, to taste
Plantain leaves : some

Preparation

Step 1
Mix the rice flour with water (preferably hot water) and salt and make a dough of it.
Step 2
Get some of the dough and put it in the plantain leaf and spread it within the leaf by applying some coconut oil / ghee / water on the palm.
Step 3
Then put some grated coconut on half part of the spreaded dough.(if need sweet ada, then add some sugar / jaggery powder on top of the coconut).
Step 4
Fold the leaf as shown in the below picture.
Step 5
Heat the dosa making stone or frying pan and place the folded plantain leaf containing the dough, on it and cook it in low flame.
Step 6
After about 5 to 10 minutes, turn the ada to other side and cook it further and when both side of the ada is cooked well take it out from the stone / pan.
Step 7
Get the ada from the leaf and change it into a plate / casserole.
Step 8
This ada can be served with morning / evening tea as tiffin.