Ada Pradhaman




Ingredients

Ada - 200grms / 7 oz
Jaggery- 350 grms
Coconut milk( first )- 1 cup
Coconut milk ( second)- 2 cups
Coconut milk ( Third)- 4 cups
Cashews- 10
Raisins - 10- 15
Cardamon- 1/2 tsp
Dry Ginger powder-a pinch
Ghee- 2+ 1 tsp
Coconut pieces - 3 tsp

Method

Wash and drain ada and let it sit in a stainer. Extract first, second and third milk of coconut and keep it aside. Powder jaggery and bring it to boil with one cup of water and strain out to remove impurities.
Heat a heavy bottomed cooking vessel and pour in one tsp of ghee. Add ada and in a low flame roast till it changes color to golden and ada is well coated with ghee. Switch off the flame and let it cool down a bit. ( there is also another way of making this and it is to put ada in boiling water cook and drain and wash with cold water till it is ready)
Now add the third extract of coconut milk and cook the ada till it is soft and keep it aside. Make sure that the ada is properly cooked before adding it to jaggery.

Pour jaggery syrup in a heavy bottom pan and allow it to attain a two thread consistency and slowly stir in the second coconut extract and cooked ada along with cardamon powder and dry ginger powder. Stir in occasionally till it attains a desired consistency. Finally add the first extract of coconut and lower the flame and allow it to simmer. Switch off the flame after a minute or two.

Roast cashews, raisins and coconut pieces in ghee till golden brown and garnish.


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