Onam Special « Kerala Recipes

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Ingredients :

1. Green gram - 1 cup
2. Jaggery (sharkara) - 1 cup
3. Cardamom -5
4. Cashew -15
5. Raisins -15
6. Coconut Milk/Cow's milk - 1 cup (thick)
7. Water -2cup
8. Ghee - 2 teaspoon

Method of Preparation:

Cook the green gram in water. When it becomes soft, add jaggery to it. Stir untill the jaggery is dissolved. Fry cashew, raisins in ghee and add to the mixture. Stir it for 2 minutes. Remove from the flame and add milk. Mix well. Add crushed cardamom and mix well.

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Ingredients :

1. Thick milk- 3ltrs
2. Par boiled rice (dried red rice)- 250gm
3. Water to mix flour Coconut oil- 1tbs
4. Sugar- 2tbs
5. Plantain leaf pieces- as required
6. Cardamom powder- optional

Method of Preparation:

Wash rice and drain the water. Dry grind the rice well. Add enough water to make a semi thick batter. Add 1tbs coconut oil and 1/2tbs sugar in it.
Clean and wipe the plaintain leaf pieces and pour the batter in a thin layer evenly and roll the leaf pieces tightly. Boil water in a big vessel and steam the flour batter. Take the steam batter from the leaf and cut into small pieces. Wash the pieces and strain.
Boil milk well and add sugar. Continue boiling till its colour changes to pale pink. Add the ada pieces to it. Boil again and remove from fire.