ADAPRADAMAN

          Today   I am going to write about ada pradaman it’s a special one for onam . You can buy this ada   from super markets.

Ingredients needed for ada pradaman

v  Ada                200gm

v  Milk                2 ½ ltr

v  Sugar              400gm

v  Cardamom      10nos

v  Ghee                3tsp

v  Cashew nuts    25gm 

v  Kismiss            25gm

v  Condensed milk  4tsp        (optional)

   You can reduce the amount of sugar according to your taste

       Method

Wash the ada in cold water and drain .Pour ½ litre   boiled water on ada and close the vessel for 15minutes. Boil the milk adding ½litre of water and add the soaked ada. Cook in gentle fire stirring all the time till the ada becomes very soft and color of the  milk changes to pink    and the amount of milk reduce to 2 litres. Add sugar and condensed milk and continuous stirring   for 3 minutes,

 To this add the dry fruits roasted in the ghee, then cardamom powder.

Serve palada hot or cold.  It tastes delicious.

 

BANANA PAYASAM

         INGREDIENTS:

v Banana   (kerala)         2 nos

v Sugar                            to taste

v Coconut                         1

v Rice powder                  1 cup

v Boiled water                  1 cup

v Cardamom   powder       1tsp

v SALT         

PREPARATION:

Extract milk from coconut

Thick milk      1cup

Thin milk        2 cup

Dough for  kozhukattai

Boil 2 cups of water and 1 cup of rice powder with pinch of salt. Stir continuously to form a dough

Cool and knead it to soft firm dough

 How to make pasayam

v Lightly apply oil in your hand and take lemon size dough .   Make each  dough  like   a ball and keep aside

v Cook them in thin coconut milk ,  once the kozhukattai is cooked  add diced bananas   in to them let it cook for some more time, add sugar.

v Add thick milk. Let it boil for some  time

v Add cardamom powder

  

UNNAKAI

             INGREDIENTS:

Ø Banana             4  (kerala)

Ø Coconut             1 cup (grated)

Ø Kismiss              3tbl sp 

Ø Nuts                   3 tbl sp

Ø Cardamom        4 nos

Ø Sugar                 to taste

Ø Ghee                  2tsp

Ø Oil                      for frying

PREPARTION:

Ø Boil the banana , smash them well with hands

Ø Pour ghee in a pan add   kismiss,  coarsely powdered   nuts,  then coconut sauté  for some time

Ø Add sugar ,  cardamom  mix them well

Ø Take a ball size smashed  banana, roll them with 2tsp fillings and fry them till they are golden brown.

VEGETABLE STEW

INGREDIENTS:

v POTATOE                 2   (cubed)

v CARROT                    1    (cubed)

v ONION                       1    (sliced finely)

v GREENCHILLY         6

v COCONUT                 1

v GINGER                     1 small piece

v CINNAMON              4

v CLOVES                      3

v CARDAMOM             4

v   GHEE                        3tsp

v SALT                            to taste

v CURRY LEAVES         1 stalk

PREPARATION:

Extract thick and thin milk from the coconut

Thick milk-1/2 cup

Thin milk  -1 ½ cup

v Take a pan add vegetables, onion, green chilly ,chopped ginger and the  spices, cook them in the thin milk  let it cook until they are tender, add thick milk and boil for some more time.

v Garnish with onion and curry leaves fried in  ghee or coconut oil.